PUNE: The Covid-19 fatalities surpassed 8,000-mark on Thursday, with 31 more patients succumbing to complications in the region in the last 24 hours.
Among the 8,016 fatalities recorded in PMR so far, as many as 4,473 (more than 50%) have been seen in the PMC limits alone. The rural and Cantonment areas together have reported 2,005 deaths, while 1,538 patients have succumbed to the contagion in the PCMC limits, data provided by the district health office said.
The region added 624 recoveries on Thursday as compared to 543 new infections, taking the tally and discharge count in PMR above 3.26 lakh and 3.07 lakh, respectively.
The PMC areas reported more recoveries than new cases. In PCMC and rural areas, however, the new cases exceeded discharges for the day. The report released by the district health officer, Bhagwan Pawar, said more than 1.52 lakh patients have been discharged in the PMC limits till Thursday, followed by over 85,000 in PCMC and over 69,300 in the rural and cantonment areas.
Among the Thursday’s 31 deaths, 16 were reported in the PMC limits, 14 in the rural and cantonment limits. One patient died in the PCMC limits. Health officials said the region had reported a steady decline in daily deaths in the last one month.
Active case tally dropped to 11,377 on Thursday, including 5,054 in various hospitals and 6,323 in home isolation.
Health authorities conducted 6,526 tests in PMR on Thursday, including 2,372 in the PMC limits, 2,185 in the rural and cantonment areas and 1,969 in the PCMC limits.