PUNE: A day after hitting a month’s high, the
Covid-19 daily tally dropped to 785 in the Pune Metropolitan Region (PMR) on Friday. The toll, however, doubled in the last 24 hours, rising to 23 from 12 the previous day.
On Thursday, 859 people had tested positive for Covid-19 in PMR. The total positive caseload increased above 3.34 lakh in PMR on Friday and with 634 recoveries, the total discharges increased above 3.16 lakh. The PMC and
PCMC continued to report more new cases than the recoveries even on Friday.
A report released by the district health officer Bhagwan Pawar stated that the active patients count had further increased to 9,795 by Friday evening, including 5,891 in home isolation and 3,902 admitted in various hospitals.
The
daily sample testing in the region increased to 9,149 on Friday. The PMC conducted 4,172 tests, while the PCMC and the rural areas together conducted over 4,900 tests.
More than 15.34 lakh tests have been conducted in PMR so far, including 7.81 lakh tests from the PMC limits, 4.37 lakh in the PCMC limits and 3.15 lakh in the rural areas.