1,303 test Covid positive & 965 recover in PMR; 15 dead

PUNE: Daily Covid-19 recoveries lagged fresh cases for fifth consecutive day in Pune Metropolitan Region on Sunday.
As many as 1,303 people tested positive for the virus on Sunday, pushing the region’s progressive caseload to 10,47,980. At the same time, 965 patients were discharged, pushing the region’s total recoveries to 10,20,619, as per the daily report issued by the district health office

Fifteen people succumbed in the region on Sunday — six in Pune Municipal Corporation limits, two in Pimpri Chinchwad, and seven in the rural pockets. This took PMR’s death toll to 17,819.
As many as 20,050 samples were tested in PMR on Sunday. With this, Sunday’s positivity rate for the region stood at 6.5%. So far, 55,30,447 samples have been tested in PMR. PMC tested 5,271 samples on Sunday (26,51,720 total), while Pimpri Chinchwad tested 6,090 samples for a total of 14,42,736. In the rest of the region, 8,689 samples were tested on Sunday, taking the total samples tested to 14,35,991.
As of Sunday, there were 9,572 active cases in PMR — 6,008 patients were being treated in hospitals, while 3,454 people had opted for home isolation.
PMC recorded 274 new cases and 257 recoveries, while Pimpri Chinchwad added 406 patients and reported 414 discharges. As for the rest of the region — the rural belt accounted for 511 cases and 238 recoveries, municipal councils added 104 patients and discharged 47, and cantonments had eight new cases and nine discharges.
As per data available with PMC, the areas under its jurisdiction had 431 patients being treated on beds with oxygen support. The condition of 296 patients, admitted in hospitals, was critical.