PUNE: The daily Covid-19 cases hit a fresh peak of 6,741 in the Pune Metropolitan Region (PMR) on Wednesday, in accordance with the testing, which also hit a new high of 24,453 in the last 24 hours. Besides, 42 patients succumbed to the infection in the region in the last 24 hours, highest since mid-October last year, taking its toll to 9,682.
The Pune municipal areas added 3,509 cases on Wednesday, followed by the Pimpri Chinchwad areas (1,865) and the rural and cantonment pockets (1,367). With this, the region’s total positive caseload has reached above 4.86 lakh.
As for tests, the PMC areas checked around 16,185 samples, while the
PCMC and rural areas tested over 4,100 samples each. The sample testing in the region surged beyond 27 lakh on Wednesday, of which over 13.66 lakh samples have been tested in the PMC limits.
The daily cases and tests have been on rise for the last few days in the region. Both municipal corporations have ramped up swab collections, following case rise.
The daily recoveries continued to stay above 3,000 in the region on Wednesday. A report released by the district health officer, Bhagwan Pawar, stated that as many as 3,221 patients were discharged in the region in the last 24 hours, of whom 1,410 patients were declared cured in the PMC limits, 987 in the rural areas and 824 in the Pimpri Chinchwad areas. The total recoveries in the region have now reached over 4.30 lakh.