This story is from June 29, 2020

834 fresh Covid-19 cases in Pune, 27 patients succumb

834 fresh Covid-19 cases in Pune, 27 patients succumb
Pune: The Pune Metropolitan Region added 834 Covid-19 cases on Sunday, taking the tally to 20,857.
With 27 fatalities, the death toll for the region crossed the 700-mark, standing at 720, the district administration stated on Sunday.
According to the data provided by the district health officer, 2525 of the 834 cases from the region were recorded in the Pune Municipal Corporation Limits, while 248 more people tested positive in Pimpri Chinchwad.
The rural areas and the cantonment board limits together had 24 cases on Sunday. .
This takes the total tally in Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Limits close to 3,000, at 2,926. As on Sunday, PCMC areas have 1,035 active cases.
Meanwhile, 10 policemen from various police stations tested positive for the novel coronavirus on Sunday, a senior police officer said. Since March, 120 policemen have been infected. Of them, three had succumbed to the virus, while over 80 have been released from quarantine centres, police officials said.
On Saturday, the Pune Metropolitan Region witnessed the sharpest one-day spike yet, with 996 fresh Covid-19 cases, taking the tally past the 20,000-mark.

District health officials said more than 60% of those found positive so far have recovered and been discharged.
According to a statement issued by Pune Municipal Corporation, a majority of the 27 people who died on Sunday had co-morbidities. They were suffering from health issues like respiratory trouble, heart ailments, hypertension and pneumonia, PMC stated.
Seven of the deceased breathed their last at Sassoon General Hospital, while the rest died in various private hospitals. PMC’s statement further said the deceased were residents of areas such as Satara Road, Nagar Road, Kondhwa and Peth areas.
State capital Mumbai, meanwhile continued to report deaths in big numbers due to data reconciliation. On Sunday, it added 87 deaths to its overall toll, of which 64 were from previous days. Of the 160 deaths in the state, 96 are from previous days. Civic officials said that 23 deaths were reported in the last 48 hours. Additional municipal commissioner Suresh Kakani said that hospitals have been given an ultimatum to report all undeclared deaths by June 29. “So death figures are likely to go up since the reconciliation is not over,” he said. Another civic official said that even positive cases could increase in Mumbai as more people resume work.
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