PUNE: As many as 947 cases of Covid-19 were recorded in the Pune Metropolitan Region (PMR) on Friday as against 880 recoveries, pushing up its active cases above 10,000. Besides, eight people succumbed to the infection in the region in the last 24 hours.
The PMC limits recorded five deaths due to the infection, while the rural areas reported two fatalities and one patient died in the Pimpri Chinchwad area. The region’s total casualties now stand at 18,722.
Among Friday’s additions, the PMC limits added 244 patients, the rural areas reported 544 cases, while Pimpri Chinchwad added 152 infections. Over 25,000 samples were tested in the region on Friday. The day’s positivity rate for PMR stood at 3.7%. Total active patients in the region increased to 10,042 on Friday.
