Day’s cases in Pune Metropolitan Region drop to three-month low over reduced testing

PUNE: The Pune Metropolitan Region (PMR) added 988 new cases, lowest since July 1, and thrice as many recoveries (3,126) on Monday. The decline in positives was mainly because of less testing over the weekend.
The region has been reporting more discharges than new cases for 12 consecutive days now. Among the new recoveries, the rural and Cantonment areas recorded 1,567, which were the highest in the region followed by 950 from the PMC limits and 609 from the PCMC limits. With this, the region’s total recoveries have increased above 2.71 lakh.

The total caseload in PMR increased above 3.07 lakh on Monday. The region had last reported less than 1,000 cases in 24 hours on June 30 (739).
Health officials said more discharges have led to drop in active cases in the region. There has been steady drop in active cases since last two weeks, the officials said.
On Monday, the region’s case load of active cases was 29,144. These included 16,348 patients admitted in various hospitals and 12,796 patients in home isolation.
The region’s daily death count also dropped to 37 on Monday, with the PMC limits reporting 14 deaths, the PCMC limits recording nine and the rural areas reporting 14. The region so far has reported 7,204 deaths due to Covid-19.
As per a PMC report, 856 patients were in critical stage till Monday night, including 456 on ventilator support. As many as 2,618 patients were put on ventilator support in the municipal limits. The PMC has reported less than 1,000 new cases for the five consecutive days.