Covid-19: Daily infections stay ahead of recoveries in Pune Metropolitan Region

PUNE: The number of daily cases of Covid-19 (1,127) continued to stay ahead of recoveries (864) in the Pune Metropolitan Region (PMR) on Friday.
A report released by the district health officer, Bhagwan Pawar, showed that the rural areas continued to add maximum cases (615) on Friday. The cases in the PMC and PCMC areas stayed at 283 and 221, respectively.
Among the recoveries, 433 patients were discharged in the rural and Cantonment limits, while the PMC and PCMC areas saw 268 and 163 recoveries, respectively. The total positive cases in the region have increased above 10.69 lakh, with its recoveries have reached 10.41 lakh.
The report stated that 22,903 tests were conducted in the region on Friday, including 10,286 tests in the rural areas, followed by 7,950 samples being tested in the PMC limits and 4,597 in the PCMC areas.
Besides, 10 patients succumbed to the infection in PMR on Friday. The region’s tally of deaths has increased to 18,148, of which over 8,600 deaths have been recorded in the PMC limits.
Active caseload in the region has increased to 9,960.