In 24 hours, twice as many recoveries as fresh cases in Pune metropolitan region

PUNE: The steady decline in Covid-19 numbers in Pune Metropolitan Region continued on Sunday, with twice the number of people discharged comparing to fresh positive cases.

At 9pm on Sunday, the daily report issued by the district health officer showed that PMR recorded 817 fresh cases, while 1,830 people recovered. This took the progressive tally for the region (overall positive cases recorded since the first one surfaced in March) rose to 3,14,462.Till Sunday, 2,86,737 people had recovered from the contagion.
Thirty-one people succumbed to the infection, pushing the regional toll to 9,578. Pune Municipal Corporation limits reported 19 fatalities, while Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation Limited recorded four deaths. Cantonment limits, municipal council areas and rural parts of the region together reported eight deaths, the official report stated.
Of the fresh cases, 366 were from PMC limits. Pimpri Chinchwad, with 195, had the second-highest cases in the 24-hour window, while rural parts (177 cases), municipal council limits (33) and cantonment areas (13) accounted for the rest.
The rural parts of Pune district had highest number of recoveries, with as many as 706 patients from these areas getting discharged. Pune municipal limits recorded 698 recoveries, while Pimpri Chinchwad had 263 discharges. The municipal council areas (105) and cantonments (58) too saw their share of recoveries.
This brought down the total number of active patients to 20,424. Of these, 10,846 people are being treated in various private and government hospitals in the region, while 9,578 are under home quarantine.
As per the data released by PMC on Sunday, 2,276 patients were being treated on beds with oxygen support. The daily report further stated that 821 patients were in a critical condition in hospitals, and that 453 of them were on ventilator support on Sunday.
Out of 31 deaths reported in PMR limits on Sunday, Pune municipal areas accounted for 19 deaths. Four people died in Pimpri Chinchwad, while the rural areas recorded six casualties. There was one fatality in the cantonments combined and two deaths in municipal council limits.