Covid-19: PMR tally nears 30,000, toll inches closer to 900

Pune: The Pune Metropolitan Region (PMR) added 1,245 positive cases on Monday, pushing its tally to 29,844.
Of these, 886 were recorded in the Pune Municipal limits, 258 in Pimpri Chinchwad municipal limits and 101 in the rural as well as Cantonment areas. The latest addition of cases has pushed up PMC limits’ tally to more than 22,000-mark, while that of PCMC beyond 5,000.
The region’s death tally reached up to 890 on Monday with 21 more patients succumbing to the infection in the last 24 hours.
PMC health officials said 630 patients were discharged on Monday after being declared cured. About 7,912 patients were admitted to various hospitals and Covid centres for treatment till Monday night. As many as 368 patients were at critical stage, of whom 64 were on ventilator support.
The PMC’s swab collection continued to remain over 4,000 even on Monday, with 4,284 samples collected in the last 24 hours.
Among the deaths, six patients died at the Sassoon hospital. These inluded a 72-year-old man from Hadapsar, a 79-year-old man from Sangamwadi, a 62-year-old man from Yerawada, a 50-year-old man from Hadapsar, 37-year-old man from Kondhwa, an 82-year-old woman from Solapur Bazaar. A 59-year-old man from Bibvewadi died at Naidu hospital.
The patients who died of the Covid-19 at private hospitals include a 67-year-old man from Shaniwar Peth, a 52-year-old man from Mangalwar Peth, a 63-year-old man from Hadapsar, among others.