PUNE: The Pune Metropolitan Region (PMR) on Tuesday added 836 new Covid-19 cases as against 468 recoveries, pushing up active cases above 10,000 again.
The municipal corporation areas of Pune and Pimpri Chinchwad as well as the rural parts reported fewer recoveries than new positive cases. In the PCMC areas, addition of new patients was more than double of discharges.
With the latest addition, the region’s tally of cases reached beyond 3.37 lakh, while recoveries rose above 3.19 lakh. The PMC areas added 416 patients on Tuesday, while the PCMC limits recorded 183 new infection. As many as 3,053 tests were conducted in the PMC areas, while in the PCMC areas, as many as 3,796 samples were tested, a report released by the district health officer, Bhagwan Pawar, stated.
Fifteen more patients succumbed to Covid-19 in PMR on Tuesday, including five each from the PMC limits, the PCMC areas and rural areas. With this, the tally of fatalities reached 8,312 by Tuesday night. Of these, as many as 4,604 deaths have been reported from the PMC limits, while 2,112 have been recorded in the rural areas and 1,596 in the PCMC limits.
Meanwhile, the count of active patients in the region increased to 10,382. Of these, over 6,198 patients were in home isolation and as many as 4,184 patients were undergoing treatment at various hospitals in the region.
The data further stated that as many as 9,410 tests were conducted in the region on Tuesday, pushing the total count of tests above 15.74 lakh.
PMC health officials said the active cases in the city limits increased beyond 5,000 mark on Tuesday. As many as 419 patients were at critical stage in the PMC limits, of whom more than 252 were on ventilator support. As many as 1,101 patients were on oxygen support at various Covid-19 facilities, the officials said, adding that the rise in active cases showed that people had let their guard down against the contagion.
“People should wear mask while venturing out and also maintain social distancing,” a health official said.