PUNE: The daily case count came down marginally to 515 in the Pune Metropolitan Region (PMR) on Thursday against the record tally of 550 recorded the previous day. With this, the total number of patients has jumped to 13,750.
Besides, 12 more patients succumbed to coronavirus in PMR on Thursday, taking the total casualty count to 552.
Of the new cases, the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) limits added 451 new cases, pushing the patient count in the areas to 10,751. The Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) areas added 33 cases, while rural and Cantonment areas in the Pune district recorded 31 new cases, pushing their case tally to 1,307 and 1,142, respectively.
PMC health officials said 245 patients were at critical stage and being treated at various hospitals. Of them, 49 were put on ventilator support. “Besides, 193 patients were discharged after they were declared cured on Thursday. Over 6,900 patients have been discharged so far in PMC limits,” a civic health official said.
When it comes to the active cases, those in PMC areas increased to 3,722 on Thursday. Of these, 2,625 patients were being treated at Naidu hospital and other Covid centres, while 124 at the Sassoon General Hospital and 973 at various private hospitals.
The PMC on Thursday collected about 2,464 swabs of suspected patients and sent them for testing. For the last few days, the swab collection has remained above 2,000 in the municipal limits.
Among the deceased, two died at the Sassoon hospital. They included a 30-year-old woman from the Hadapsar area and a 60-year-old man from the Pune Camp area.
The private hospitals reported six deaths, including a 70-year-old man from Kasba Peth, an 84-year-old man from the Hadapsar area, a 65-year-old man from the Dandekar bridge area, a 45-year-old woman from Hadapsar, an 80-year-old woman from the Shivajinagar area, a 70-year-man from the Pune Camp area and a 44-year-man from Solapur. The details of the rest of the patients who succumbed to the infection in PMR were awaited till going to the press.
Besides, 12 more patients succumbed to coronavirus in PMR on Thursday, taking the total casualty count to 552.
Of the new cases, the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) limits added 451 new cases, pushing the patient count in the areas to 10,751. The Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) areas added 33 cases, while rural and Cantonment areas in the Pune district recorded 31 new cases, pushing their case tally to 1,307 and 1,142, respectively.
PMC health officials said 245 patients were at critical stage and being treated at various hospitals. Of them, 49 were put on ventilator support. “Besides, 193 patients were discharged after they were declared cured on Thursday. Over 6,900 patients have been discharged so far in PMC limits,” a civic health official said.
When it comes to the active cases, those in PMC areas increased to 3,722 on Thursday. Of these, 2,625 patients were being treated at Naidu hospital and other Covid centres, while 124 at the Sassoon General Hospital and 973 at various private hospitals.
The PMC on Thursday collected about 2,464 swabs of suspected patients and sent them for testing. For the last few days, the swab collection has remained above 2,000 in the municipal limits.
Among the deceased, two died at the Sassoon hospital. They included a 30-year-old woman from the Hadapsar area and a 60-year-old man from the Pune Camp area.
The private hospitals reported six deaths, including a 70-year-old man from Kasba Peth, an 84-year-old man from the Hadapsar area, a 65-year-old man from the Dandekar bridge area, a 45-year-old woman from Hadapsar, an 80-year-old woman from the Shivajinagar area, a 70-year-man from the Pune Camp area and a 44-year-man from Solapur. The details of the rest of the patients who succumbed to the infection in PMR were awaited till going to the press.
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