PUNE: More than 1,500 Covid-19 cases were registered in Pune Metropolitan Region on Thursday, while 1,033 patients recovered from the contagion.
Eight people succumbed in the region on Thursday.
At 766, Pune Municipal Corporation accounted for more than half the new cases. Pimpri Chinchwad added 453 cases, while the rural areas, municipal councils and cantonments together reported 323 new patients.
This was the fourth consecutive day that the region witnessed an increase in the number of daily cases. The overall caseload for the region now stands at 4.03 lakh.
As per a report issued by district health officer Bhagwan Pawar, the region’s total recoveries increased to 3.85 lakh on Thursday evening. About 1.91 lakh patients have recovered in PMC limits, while Pimpri Chinchwad has over 99,510 discharged patients.
The rest of the district (rural areas, municipal councils and cantonments) had 94,400 recoveries.
The DHO’s report further stated that, of the eight deaths on Thursday, four were reported in PMC limits.
Three patients died in Pimpri Chinchwad and one person breathed their last in the municipal council areas.
As of Thursday, the active case count in PMR increased to 8,759, owing to the steadily increasing positive cases.
More than 5,110 people were under home quarantine, while 3,649 were being treated at various hospitals across the district.