Maharashtra’s daily caseload of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) fell to 18,600 on Sunday, taking the state’s infection tally to 5,731,815, a health department bulletin showed. Also on the day, 402 people succumbed to the viral disease, taking Maharashtra’s related death toll to 94,844, the bulletin showed further. Click here for all latest Covid-19 updatesThis is for the first time in more than two months when Maharashtra has added less than 20,000 fresh Covid-19 infections in a single-day. The latest test positivity rate stood at 7.36%, the lowest since February 22, when a positivity rate of 7.12% was recorded. On May 27, state health minister Rajesh Tope hinted at an extension of the norms, at least in places with a high positivity rate.

Source: Hindustan Times May 30, 2021 14:34 UTC