PMR tally nears 2 lakh, over 27,000 Covid-19 cases added in September

PUNE: The 24-hour Covid-19 tally came down to 4,273 in the Pune Metropolitan Region (PMR) on Monday, a day after hitting a record high of 4,447, pushing its caseload above 1.97 lakh.
Besides, 76 patients succumbed to the infection on Monday, pushing death toll to 4,651.
Among the new cases, as many as 2,053 were recorded in the PMC areas, while 1,259 in the PCMC limits and 961 in the rural as well as Cantonment parts.
In the first seven days of September, as many as 27,694 cases and 524 fatalities have been recorded in PMR, its worst for the same period in any month so far. In August, as many as 17,728 cases and 363 deaths were recorded in PMR in the first seven days. In June, as many as 8,549 cases and 156 deaths were recorded in PMR during the same period. And the cases as well as casualties remained far below the June tally during the first seven days of the previous months, district health office data revealed.
As many as 3,093 patients were discharged in PMR in the last 24 hours, taking the cured count in the region above 1.57 lakh. Besides, a surge in new cases pushed up the region’s active case tally to 35,694 on Monday night, including 23,017 in hospitals.
A report released by the district health officer Bhagwan Pawar stated that the region’s tests reached 8.5 lakh-mark on Monday, with the addition of 9,511 tests in the last 24 hours. The PMC has so far conducted over 4.94 lakh tests, while the PCMC and rural parts have conducted 2.34 lakh and 1.20 lakh tests, respectively, so far.
As per a PMC report, 912 patients in its limits are critical.