PUNE: The number of daily Covid-19 cases (1,387) continued to remain above recoveries (1,345) in the Pune Metropolitan Region (PMR) even on Saturday. The rural and Cantonment areas added more than 651 new patients, while the PMC and PCMC limits’ daily caseload increased by 344 and 392, respectively.
Saturday was the fourth consecutive day for the region to record more daily infections than recoveries.
A report released by the district health officer, Bhagwan Pawar, stated that among 1,345 patients recovered on Saturday, the highest number of discharges (647) came from the rural and Cantonment areas, followed by the PCMC limits (415) and the PMC areas (283).
The tally of recoveries in PMR has increased to 10.26 lakh, while positive caseload has reached 10.54 lakh. The region’s active caseload increased to 10,309 in the last 24 hours. As many as 5,806 patients were being treated at various hospitals, while 4,503 were in home isolation.
Daily death count of the region further dropped to 12 on Saturday, least since March 16.
