Maharashtra Health Minister Rajesh Tope on Tuesday said the state has recorded a 5 per cent drop in positivity rate of Covid-19 infection, from 27 per cent to 22 per cent, adding that recovery rate is at 84.07 per cent, which is the highest in the country.

Briefing the mediapersons, Tope said, "Positivity rate in the state has dropped from 27 to 22 per cent. We are testing 2.80 lakh persons daily and there is been no fall in testing. From 63,000, the tally for Covid-19 patients has come down to 61,000. At 84.07 per cent, our recovery rate is the highest in the country."