PUNE: The
Pune Metropolitan Region (PMR) on Sunday added 7,541 new Covid cases and 124 deaths, while 11,101 people were discharged after they made a full recovery from the contagion. The overall tally of
positive cases stood at 9,21,159.
The comparative decline in the positive tally was considerable — on May 8, the region had reported 9,357 positive cases and 133 deaths.
More than city areas, the rural parts of Pune continued to report the highest positive cases, at 2,850. The downward trend continued in Pune Municipal Corporation areas (2,025) and Pimpri Chinchwad (2,020).
In the region,
PMC reported the most recoveries at 4,825 on Sunday. As many as 2,471 recovered in PCMC limits, while the rural areas recorded 3,020 recoveries. This pushed the total recoveries to 8,10,447.
There were 96,511 active cases in PMR — 28,431 patients in hospitals and 68,080 under home isolation.