1,864 new Covid-19 cases in PMR; over 3,000 patients recover

PUNE: The Pune Metropolitan Region continued to report under 2,000 new Covid-19 cases, with 1,864 people testing positive for the virus on Thursday.
More than 3,000 people recovered from the infection, pushing the total number of recoveries in PMR to 9,79,840. As of Thursday, the region’s progressive caseload stood at 10,19,028, as per the daily report issued by the district health office.

PMR’s positivity was 7.8% on Thursday, as 23,624 samples were tested. The total number of samples tested in PMR increased to 50,85,420.
Both Pune and Pimpri Chinchwad municipal corporation limits reported fewer than 500 cases — PMC added 450 cases, while PCMC reported 421 new patients.
As has been the trend for the past few weeks, the rural pockets in the region reported the highest number of cases, at 779. The municipal councils, with 182 cases, and cantonments, with 32, accounted for the rest, the report added.
The rural areas also had the highest number of daily recoveries, with 1,388 people getting discharged. PMC reported 515 recoveries, while 815 people were discharged in Pimpri Chinchwad. The municipal councils had 186 recoveries and the cantonments reported 22.
District health officials, pointing out that the daily cases from the rural belt have stayed below the 1,000-mark for the past few days, predicted a further drop in the cases.
Meanwhile, 58 patients succumbed to the contagion in PMR on Thursday — 27 in PMC limits, 18 in PCMC areas, 12 in the rural pockets and one in municipal council limits. The region’s death toll rose to 17,042.
As of Thursday, there were 22,315 active cases in the region — 12,009 patients were being treated in hospitals, while 10,306 patients were under home quarantine.