PUNE: The active caseload in the Pune Metropolitan Region on Tuesday declined to seven-month low of 7,003 since February — when the second wave of the pandemic began.
The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) has around 1,500 active cases, while the tally in rural areas has reduced to 4253.
The Covid caseload in the Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) limits dropped to 1,106 on September 21, a report released by the district health office stated.
The active cases in the Pune Metropolitan Region (PMR) were around 10,000 at the beginning of September. It dropped below 9,000 around September 7 and declined below 8,000 on September 12.
A source in the administration said while the cases in the urban pockets of Pune and Pimpri Chinchwad were already on the decline, the rural parts of the district recorded a similar trend, where the active caseload dropped from 5,500 to 4,253 since the beginning of the month.
The health officials in PMC stated that they had been monitoring the daily cases and the number of discharges to analyse the trend. An official said, “We are maintaining ward-wise statistics. None of the civic ward has reported any significant rise in daily cases. The drop in active cases happened because of the decline in daily cases.”
Sanjeev Wavre, the assistant medical chief at PMC, said, “The swab collection centres are functioning in civic wards despite a drop in daily cases. We urge the residents to visit the swab centres to undergo tests in case of onset of symptoms. The daily testing in the city limits has been ranging between 5,000 and 10,000. Adequate arrangements are in place to tackle any surge in cases.”
An official from the district administration said sustained efforts led to the drop in active cases in the rural areas. “Daily testing has been maintained around 10,000, which helped in early detection and contain further spread. We shall continue with the ongoing efforts. Daily cases have been ranging around 500 now,” the official added.
The region continued to check over 20,000 samples for the Covid infection on Wednesday.
A total of 25,417 samples were checked in PMR. These included 10,000 tests conducted in the rural parts of te district, as many as 8,458 in PMC limits and 6,864 in Pimpri Chinchwad.
