Covid-19: 1,162 recover & 1,054 test positive across Pune Metropolitan Region, 12 patients die

PUNE: Daily Covid-19 recoveries outpaced fresh cases after a long gap in the Pune Metropolitan Region on Sunday.
As many as 1,078 people tested positive for the virus on Friday, pushing PMR’s total caseload to 10,64,073. At the same time, 1,162 patients were discharged, pushing the region’s total recoveries to 10,35,407, as per the daily report issued by the district health office
Twelve people succumbed in the region on Sunday — five in Pune Municipal Corporation limits, two in Pimpri Chinchwad, and five in the rural pockets. This took PMR’s death toll to 18,093.
As many as 18,870 samples were tested in PMR on Sunday. With this, Sunday’s positivity rate for the region stood at 5.7%. So far, 57,97,219 samples have been tested in PMR.
As of Friday, there were 10,573 active cases in the region — 5,848 patients were being treated in hospitals, while 4,725 people had opted for home isolation.
PMC recorded 287 new cases and 228 recoveries, while Pimpri Chinchwad added 214 patients and reported 250 discharges. As for the rest of the region — the rural belt accounted for 577 cases and 684 recoveries, municipal councils added 93 patients and discharged 116, and cantonments had 12 new cases and 18 discharges.
As per PMC data, in its limits, 491 patients were being treated with oxygen support, while 227 were critical.