Pune metropolitan region’s cured count beyond 20,000-mark

PUNE: The discharged tally in the Pune Metropolitan Region (PMR) breached 20,000-mark on Wednesday as the region added 1,618 Covid-19 cases, its highest single-day tally, in 24 hours. With this, PMR’s case count has risen 32,596 so far.

Besides, 25 more patients succumbed to the contagion in PMR, taking the death toll to 944.
Of the new cases, 1,083 were recorded in the Pune municipal limits, 301 in PCMC areas and 234 in the rural and Cantonment parts.PMC health officials said 587 patients were discharged in PMC limits after they were declared cured on Wednesday, taking the discharged tally to 14,998. Over 3,500 people have been discharged in the PCMC limits so far. With this, the discharged tally in PMR stands at 20,485.
“As many as 401 critical patients are being treated at various hospitals, of whom 79 are on ventilator support. The tally of active Covid-19 cases in PMC limits is 8,400,” a civic health official said.
Among the deaths reported on Wednesday, six patients succumbed at the Sassoon General Hospital. These included a 60-year-old man from Mangalwar Peth, a 59-year-old man from Vishrantwadi, a 70-year-old man from the Kausarbaug area, a 22-year-old man from the Parvati area, a 50-year-old man from Katraj and a 55-year-old woman from Ahmednagar. Two patients died at Naidu hospital.
The patients who died at private hospitals included a 58-year-old man from Budhwar Peth, a 72-year-old man from Kasba Peth, a 59-year-old man from the Tilak Road area, a 54-year-old man from the Kasba Peth area, an 83-year-old man from the Benkar vasti area, a 70-year-old man Hadapsar, a 57-year-old man from Shukrawar Peth, among others.