Pune’s 24-hour tally hits three-week low, toll tops 2,500

PUNE: The Pune Metropolitan Region (PMR) added 1,806 Covid-19 cases on Monday, its least daily tally since July 16. Besides, 52 more patients succumbed to the infection in the region in the last 24 hours, pushing its casualty count to 2,504.
Overall, the recovered patients continued to be more than those reported positive on Monday. As against 1,806 new cases, as many as 2,835 people successfully recovered from the infection in PMR in the last 24 hours. As for total cases, as many as 1,09,326 have been infected in the region so far, of whom 82,432 have recovered, keeping the recovery rate at 75%.

The active caseload in the region stood at 27,114 on Monday evening, including 14,995 in hospital isolation and 12,119 in home quarantine.
Out of the total positive cases on Monday, the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) areas added 761 positive cases, while the PCMC limits recorded 679. The rural parts recorded 217 cases, Cantonments recorded 70 and other areas added 79 cases in the last 24 hours, stated the press statement issued by district heath officer Bhagwan Pawar.
Among the casualties reported on Monday, the PMC areas recorded a maximum of 30 deaths, followed by the PCMC areas’ 11, Pune rural (8) and others (3).
The daily report of PMC stated that critical patients admitted in hospitals across municipal areas were 738, of whom 444 were on ventilator support. As many as 2,417 patients were on oxygen support in the municipal limits till Monday evening.
Most of the deceased had other health problems too, including respiratory problems, heart failure, high blood pressure and diabetes. When asked about testing, a health official said that over 5 lakh tests have been conducted in PMR so far, including 3.2 lakh from the PMC limits alone and 1.2 lakh from the PCMC areas. “The district is conducting over 50,000 tests per million population, face above the state,” the official said.