PUNE: Daily Covid-19 recoveries were slightly higher than fresh cases in the Pune Metropolitan Region on Friday.
As many as 630 people tested positive for the virus on Friday, pushing the region’s progressive caseload to 11,34,948. At the same time, 644 patients were discharged, pushing the region’s total recoveries to 11,09,076, as per the daily report issued by the district health office
Seven people succumbed in the region on Thursday — three in Pune Municipal Corporation limits, and two each in Pimpri Chinchwad and the rural pockets. This took PMR’s death toll to 18,882.
As of Friday, there were 7,122 active cases — 3,110 patients in hospitals and 4,012 in home isolation. PMC recorded 121 new cases and 171 recoveries, while Pimpri Chinchwad added 105 patients and reported 107 discharges.
The rural belt accounted for 346 cases and 308 recoveries, municipal councils added 55 patients and discharged 51, and cantonments had three new cases and four discharges.
