Pune’s single-day Covid count hits a high of 3,658

PUNE: The Covid-19 case count in the Pune Metropolitan Region (PMR) reached 81,671 on Thursday, with the addition of 3,658 new cases, single-day highest for it so far.
Besides, 64 patients succumbed in the region in the last 24 hours, taking the death toll to 1,922.
Of the fresh cases, 2,402 were recorded in the Pune municipal limits, 893 in the Pimpri Chinchwad municipal limits and 363 in the rural as well as Cantonment areas.
With this, the total caseload in the PMC areas has climbed to 51,629, while the tally in the PCMC limits has reached 20,686.
As many as 1,315 patients were discharged in the PMC limits on Thursday. “As many as 927 patients were in critical stage in the PMC limits on Thursday, of whom 471 were on ventilator support. The active cases in PMC reached 18,215. The PMC conducted 6,241 tests in the last 24 hours, including rapid antigen tests,” a civic health official said.
There were 7,494 active patients and 12,444 recoveries in PCMC limits till Thursday evening.
The deceased included a senior PMC official, who suffered from co-morbidity conditions.