Pune: Over 1 lakh patients discharged in PMC limits, recovery rate hits 83%

PUNE: More than one lakh Covid-19 patients have successfully recovered in the Pune municipal limits, taking the recovery rate to 83.3%, its highest since May.

With a total caseload of 1.20 lakh, the recovery count in the PMC areas reached 1,00,532 on Monday, data released by the district health office revealed.
It pointed out that the recovery rate in the PMC areas was around 64% in July, which increased to 77% around mid-August before hitting 83% on September 14. In May and June, the recovery rate was around 50% and 63%, respectively.
In the last one month, the PMC areas have added over 49,200 cases and recorded 45,300 recoveries, clocking the recovery rate of over 90%. “Early detection, increased testing and treatment has helped push up recoveries. We have been urging people not to ignore any symptoms and get tested at the earliest. The testing has been pushed up in the city limits and efforts are on to increase it further. About 6,000 to 7,000 tests are being conducted every day,” a civic official said.
Another official said more asymptomatic patients were opting for home isolation. “Higher number of patients in the city are in home isolation than those admitted in the hospitals. This will eventually bring down the burden on the medical infrastructure. While there has been a rise in the cases, the number of patients recovering from the contagion has also jumped,” the official said.
Mayor Muralidhar Mohol said, “It is good that recoveries are up. Efforts are on to bring down mortality rate as well and provide beds to the critical patients.”