PUNE: Covid deaths in the Pune Metropolitan Region (PMR) fell to 7 in March, while the state's toll dropped to 77, the lowest after March 2020. The fatalities in Mumbai city fell to just 4 in March.
This March, the state saw 9,882 cases after a drastic decline from the third wave peak in January, when the state recorded 10.38 lakh new infections.
Reports shared by the public health department showed that daily testing has dropped to 35,000-36,000 and the positivity rate to 0.3%. "Many districts are finding it difficult to clock even 100 tests in a day as there are no cases," said a state government official.
