PUNE: The Pune Metropolitan Region (PMR) added 992 new cases of Covid-19 on Wednesday as compared to 947 recoveries. Besides, 10 more patients succumbed to the infection here in the last 24 hours, taking its total toll to 18,769 so far.
The daily cases in the rural areas increased above 500 again to 537. As many as 257 patients were added in the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) limits and 184 in the Pimpri Chinchwad area. Both the municipal corporations in PMR recorded less recoveries than new cases. A total of 128 patients were discharged in the PCMC limits, while 242 were discharged in the PMC areas.
Over 11.22 lakh people have tested positive in PMR so far, while 10.95 lakh recovered from Covid-19 after treatment.
A report released by district health officer Bhagwan Pawar stated that 27,666 samples were tested in PMR on Wednesday. Among the Wednesday’s fatalities, five were recorded in the rural areas, four in the PMC limits and one in the Pimpri Chinchwad area.
The region’s tally of active patients increased to 9,939 on Wednesday evening, including 4,320 in home isolation.
