11 patients die, 340 test positive for Covid-19 in Pune Metropolitan Region

PUNE: Eleven more patients succumbed to Covid-19, while 340 tested positive for the contagion in the Pune Metropolitan Region (PMR) on Wednesday, taking the case and casualty counts in the area to 8,474 and 378, respectively.
Of the fresh cases, 288 were recorded in Pune municipal limits, pushing its total tally to 7,145. The Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) areas recorded 30 fresh cases, while rural parts accounted for 22.
When it comes to the casualties, all of them were recorded at private hospitals. These included a 70-year-old woman from the Khadki station area, a 60-year-old woman from the Yerawada area, a 44-year-old woman from Ganj Peth, a 49-year-old woman from Mangalwar Peth, a 65-year-old woman from the Parvati area, a 77-year-old man from the Kalyaninagar area. Two patients succumbing to the infection were from outside of PMR, but were admitted in the private hospitals in the Pune region. These included an 80-year-old woman of Mumbai and a 15-year-old boy from Beed district.
PMC’s health officials said 2,389 active patients were admitted in various hospitals and quarantine centres for coronavirus treatment. About 165 patients were at the critical stage, of which 43 were on ventilator.
They said the screening of people was under way in the containment zones. Over 1,249 swabs samples were collected on Wednesday of symptomatic people, they added.
The district health office said 282 patients were discharged on Wednesday after they were declared Covid-free.
PCMC’s additional medical officer of health Pavan Salve has urged people not to venture out unnecessarily.