PUNE: The number of patients recovering from Covid-19 infection (1,100) surpassed fresh cases (921) after a gap of four days in the Pune Metropolitan Region (PMR) on Saturday.
In the last 24 hours, 391 patients were discharged in the PMC limits, 574 in the rural and cantonment areas and 135 in Pimpri Chinchwad. The municipal corporations of Pune and Pimpri Chinchwad added less than 200 patients on Saturday, while the rural parts continued to report more than 500 cases. The progressive tally of positive cases in the region has increased to 11.19 lakh, its total recoveries reached 10.80 lakh.
Over 28,000 samples were checked in PMR on Saturday. The region’s total sample testing increased beyond 71 lakh.
The tally of active patients dropped to 9,516 on Saturday evening, including 4,768 patients in home isolation. Eight patients succumbed to Covid-related complications in the region on Saturday, which included five deaths in the PMC limits, two in the rural areas and one in the Pimpri Chinchwad area. So far, as many as 18,730 people have died of Covid-19 in PMR.
