PUNE: The Pune Metropolitan Region (PMR) on Wednesday added 974 new cases of Covid-19 as against 885 recoveries, with the rural areas recording highest (527) infections for the day among the region’s components.
The region’s sample testing increased to 29,176 on Wednesday. Over 13,800 samples were checked in the rural areas in the last 24 hours, while 9,064 tests were conducted in the PMC limits and 5,606 in the Pimpri Chinchwad areas.
A report released by district health officer Bhagwan Pawar stated that 215 patients were discharged in the PMC limits and 473 in the rural parts. The region’s tally of positive cases has increased above 11.01 lakh.
As many as 15 patients succumbed to the infection in the region on Wednesday.
