Maha tally crosses 60K; 8,381 recover in 24 hrs
COVID CRISIS Recovery rate rises to 43.38%; state govt plans more relaxations
Maharashtra’s Covid-19 case tally crossed the 60,000-mark and death toll went past 2,000 on Friday, but the state also witnessed recovery of 8,381 patients, the most to be discharged in 24 hours.
The state’s recovery rate rose to 43.38% from 31.26% on Thursday, with the total of recovered patients going up to 26,997.
While the state reported 2,682 new cases, taking its tally to 62,228, the fatalities increased to 2,098 with 116 deaths recorded on Friday. Of these, according to the state health department, 46 deaths were from the past two days and the rest from the period between May 16 and May 26.
Mumbai saw its Covid-19 case count rise to 36,932 with an addition of 1,447 cases and its toll rose to 1,173 with 38 more fatalities reported on Friday.
State health minister Rajesh Tope said recovery rate improving was “a positive sign”.
“The protocol change is one of the reasons for better recovery rate. But we are sending patients home only after ensuring they have no symptoms and there is no risk of them spreading the virus as antibodies have developed after 10 days of admission,” said Tope, adding that the sudden spike in the recovery numbers on Friday was also because of the addition of numbers from the past few days.
Dr Avinash Supe, former dean at King Edward Memorial (KEM) Hospital and a member of the expert committee appointed by the state to tackle coronavirus, said, the recovery rate had improved owing to segregation of patients and the subsequent line of treatment.
India on Friday doubled down on its rejection of US President Donald Trump’s offer to mediate on the border standoff with China, with people familiar withthedevelopmentcontradicting the American leader’s remarks that he had discussed the “big conflict” with Prime Minister
Narendra Modi.
China, too, rejected Trump’s offer of mediation, and foreign ministry spokesperson Zhao