PUNE: The Pune Metropolitan Region (
PMR) recorded rise in
Covid-19 cases and recoveries on Wednesday over the previous day.
The recoveries in the region jumped by 1,130, more than double of Tuesday’s tally of 583, while new cases increased from 496 on Tuesday to 650 in the last 24 hours. With this, total recoveries and discharges in PMR stand at 3.52 lakh and 3.66 lakh, respectively.
A report released by district health officer Bhagwan Pawar stated that the rural areas reported highest recoveries (672) in the region on Wednesday, followed by the
PMC limits (353) and the
PCMC limits (105). Among the new cases, the
PMC added 321 more patients, followed by the rural areas (178) and the PCMC limits (151).
The testing of samples also jumped to 10,998 on Wednesday, reporting a rise of over 2,000 samples than Tuesday’s tally of 8,810. Over 5,400 samples were tested in the PMC limits in the last 24 hours. The region has so far tested 19.20 lakh samples, of which more than 9.4 lakh have been tested in the PMC limits, followed by 5.64 lakh in the PCMC limits and 4.15 lakh in the rural areas.
The report stated that 11 more patients succumbed to the infection in PMR on Wednesday, of which six deaths were reported in the PMC limits. Two patients died in the PCMC limits, while three in the rural areas.
The region’s tally of active patients slightly increased to 5,669 on Wednesday from Tuesday’s count of 5,578. These included 3,434 patients in home isolation and 2,235 admitted in various hospitals.
Health officials urged the citizens on Wednesday that they should abide by the Covid-appropriate behaviour. “With the more infectious strain entering many countries in the world, people need to exercise extra caution,” a health official added.