PUNE: The Pune Metropolitan Region (PMR) on Tuesday recorded 1,235 recoveries, more than double the day’s cases (549), pushing its total discharges above 2.99 lakh. Besides, 34 more patients succumbed to the coronavirus-related complications in the region in the last 24 hours, taking the toll to 7,767.
Among the day’s recoveries, as many as 639 patients were discharged in the Pune municipal limits, 431 in the rural areas and 165 in the Pimpri Chinchwad municipal areas.
As for the total cases in PMR, the caseload surged past 3.20 lakh on Tuesday, with the PMC areas’ caseload crossing 1.60 lakh-mark and its recoveries reaching 1.50 lakh.
Among the fatalities in the last 24 hours, the PMC limits recorded highest 22 deaths on Tuesday. As many as eight patients succumbed to the infection in the PCMC limits, while four deaths were recorded in the rural and Cantonment areas.
A report released by the district health officer, Bhagwan Pawar, stated that the active patients’ count in the region stood at 13,146 on Tuesday night, with 6,207 patients undergoing treatment at various hospitals and 6,939 in home isolation.
PMC health officials said 620 patients were at critical stage in the municipal limits, including 346 on ventilator support. The numbers of patients on oxygen support dropped to 1,667 on Tuesday, the officials said.
Meanwhile, daily sample testing in the region continued to remain between 5,000 and 6,000. On Tuesday, as many as 5,567 samples were tested in the region, pushing total tests to 13.90 lakh.