Covid-19: 1,367 test positive & 1,852 recover in Pune Metropolitan Region; 22 dead

PUNE: The number of people who recovered from Covid-19 in Pune Metropolitan Region marched closer to the 10 lakh-mark. A total of 1,852 people were discharged on Friday, pushing the total recoveries in PMR to 9,98,215.
Also, on Friday, 1,367 people tested positive for the virus in the region, taking the progressive caseload to 10,29,442, as per a daily report issued by the district health office.
Twenty-two people succumbed to the contagion in PMR. With this, the death toll in PMR increased to 17,393.
As of Friday, there were 13,834 active cases in the region — 8,363 patients were being treated in various hospitals, while 5,571 people had opted for home isolation.
As has been the case these past few weeks, the rural pockets of the region reported the highest share of the daily cases, with 715 people testing positive. Pune Municipal Corporation added 239 cases, while Pimpri Chinchwad added 251.
Other areas in the region, such as municipal councils and cantonments, had 124 and 38 cases, respectively.
As per data available with PMC, the areas in its limits had 923 patients being treated on beds with oxygen support, and 519 people whose health condition was critical.