PUNE: The number of people testing positive for Covid-19 (1,180) exceeded recoveries (870) in the Pune Metropolitan Region (PMR) on Thursday, with the rural parts leading the other PMR constituents in the fresh infections.
In the last seven days, the daily cases remained above discharges on five days. Among the Thursday’s additions, the rural areas recorded 611 new cases, while the Pune municipal limits and the Pimpri Chinchwad areas added 286 and 265 new infections, respectively.
With this, the tally of positive cases increased above 10.52 lakh, while recoveries have reached 10.24 lakh.
A report by the district health officer, Bhagwan Pawar, stated that as many as 20,232 samples were checked in the region on Thursday. The positivity rate for PMR stood at 5.8% on Thursday. As many as 8,260 samples were checked in the rural areas, followed by 6,484 in the PMC limits and 5,488 in the PCMC areas. The region has so far tested more than 56 lakh samples for the Covid-19 infection.
The region recorded 17 more deaths due to the infection on Thursday, which took region’s death tally to 17,931. As many as nine patients died in the rural parts, six in the PMC limits and two deaths were reported in the PCMC areas.
Meanwhile, the region’s active caseload increased to 10,261 on Thursday, following more additions and fewer recoveries. Of these, 5,821 patients were being treated at various hospitals and 4,440 were in home isolation.
Health experts have reiterated that testing, along with contact tracing, should be the focus areas to contain the spread. “Ramped up vaccination is an added advantage, but Covid-appropriate behaviour must be followed,” a health expert said.
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