PUNE: The Pune Metropolitan Region (PMR) on Friday recorded 2,038 recoveries, almost twice the number of new cases (1,072), bringing down the active case count to 22,796.
The rural and Cantonment areas together recorded 885 recoveries in the last 24 hours, followed the
PMC limits (681) and the PCMC areas (472). With this, the total recoveries increased above 2.82 lakh, while case tally climbed above 3.12 lakh.
The region recorded 41 more deaths due to Covid-19 on Friday, pushing the total toll to 7,376. The
daily death count has remained below 50 for last five consecutive days in PMR.
A report released by the district health officer, Bhagwan Pawar, stated that of total 7,376 deaths reported in the region so far, 4,089 were from the PMC limits and 1,823 from the rural and Cantonment areas. The PCMC limits have recorded 1,464 deaths so far.
The report further stated that about 7,011 samples were tested in the region on Friday. These included 3,393 samples from the PMC limits, 2,203 samples tested in the PCMC limits and 1,415 from the rural areas. The region’s progressive sample testing reached 13.24 lakh on Friday. Meanwhile, as many as 12,551 patients were undergoing treatment at various hospitals PMR, while 10,245 were in home isolation till Friday night.