PUNE: The number of people testing positive for Covid-19 dropped to over eight-month low (255) in the Pune Metropolitan Region (PMR) on Monday, with the Pune and Pimpri Chinchwad municipal limits recording the day’s cases in two digits. PMR had recorded 253 cases on February 1.
While the PMC limits recorded 70 cases on Monday, the PCMC limits reported 33 cases. The rural areas had 126 fresh cases. Other areas like councils, cantonments had 24 and 2 cases, respectively.
As many as 515 patients recovered in the last 24 hours, taking the total discharges above 11.23 lakh in PMR. As many as 259 patients recovered in the rural areas on Monday, while 122 were cured in the PMC areas and 84 in the PCMC limits. The recoveries in councils stood at 39 and those in cantonments at 11.
The progressive count of cases has reached 11.47 lakh, stated the daily Covid-19 report issued by the district administration.
The total active cases stayed below 5,000 in PMR on Monday, with 2,434 patients in hospitals and 1,852 in home isolation.
