1,170 recover in Pune Metropolitan Region, 16 more dead

PUNE: As many as 1,170 patients recovered from Covid-19 in the Pune Metropolitan Region (PMR) on Wednesday as against 1,125 people testing positive for the contagion here in the last 24 hours.
While the rural areas added 606 new cases, the PMC and PCMC limits recorded 294 and 221 new cases. The PMC and PCMC areas reported more number of recoveries as compared to new patients. As many as 347 patients recovered in the PMC limits and 227 in the PCMC areas.

The tally of total discharges in the region has increased above 10.54 lakh, while its positive caseload has reached 10.81 lakh.
The region reported 16 more deaths on Wednesday due to the infection. Seven patients died in the PMC and rural areas each, while two deaths were reported in the Pimpri Chinchwad areas. The tally of deaths in the region increased to 18,275 on Wednesday, including 8,749 deaths from the PMC limits.
Meanwhile, the number of active patients in the region dropped to 9,265 on Wednesday evening, including 4,159 patients in home isolation.