Covid-19: Active cases shrink below 10,000 in Pune Metropolitan Region as recoveries top cases

PUNE: The number of people recovering from Covid-19 infections (1,306) exceeded daily cases (854) in the Pune Metropolitan Region (PMR) on Tuesday, bringing down the active caseload here below 10,000.
Both Pune and Pimpri Chinchwad municipal limits and the rural areas recorded more discharges as against new cases in the last 24 hours, a report released by the district health officer, Bhagwan Pawar, stated.
Most discharges were recorded in the rural areas (716) followed by the PMC limits (344) and the PCMC areas (241). The PMC limits added 228 new cases, while the PCMC areas added 185 and the rural areas recorded 429 new patients.
An increase in recoveries pushed down region’s active caseload to 9,936 (below 10,000). As many as 5,560 patients were being treated at various hospitals, while 4,376 patients were in home isolation in PMR.
The report stated that the tally of discharges in PMR increased to 10.37 lakh by Tuesday evening, while its positive caseload reached 10.65 lakh.
A total of 15,954 samples were tested in the region on Tuesday, which was slightly more than Monday’s tally. About 6,300 samples were tested in the rural areas, 5,840 in the PMC limits and 3,618 in the PCMC areas.
Fifteen more patients succumbed to the infection in the region on Tuesday, of which seven deaths were recorded in the PMC limits, three in the PCMC limits and five in the rural areas. The region has so far recorded 18,122 deaths due to Covid-19 infection.
Health experts have laid focus on Covid-appropriate behaviour to keep the Covid-19 spread in check.