Covid-19: Daily toll drops to single-digit in Pune Metropolitan Region

PUNE: The Pune Metropolitan Region (PMR) recorded fewer Covid-19 recoveries (640) as against new cases (1,087) for the second consecutive day on Friday.
A report released by district health office stated that 324 patients recovered from Covid-19 infection in the rural and cantonment areas, while 243 were discharged in the PMC limits and 63 in the Pimpri Chinchwad areas. Among new cases, the rural and cantonment areas added 688 patients. The PMC and PCMC areas added 236 and 163 cases, respectively, in the last 24 hours.
So far, over 10.84 lakh people have tested positive in PMR, while recoveries stand above 10.56 lakh.
The region conducted 22,435 tests to detect Covid-19 cases on Friday, which pushed the region’s total testing above 61.94 lakh. As many as 10,336 tests were conducted in the rural areas on Friday. More than 6,900 samples were checked in the PMC limits and 5,094 in the PCMC areas.
The daily deaths dropped to nine in PMR on Friday, with five people succumbing to the infection in the PMC limits and two each in the rural and PCMC areas.
Total deaths in PMR stand at 18,296.
The active caseload in the region climbed to 9,765 following an increase in daily caseload for last two days.
As many as 4,296 patients were in home isolation in the region till Friday evening.