Covid-19: Day’s detections drop slightly in Pune Metropolitan Region, but stay above 16,000

PUNE: The number of daily Covid-19 cases recorded a slight drop in the Pune Metropolitan Region (PMR) on Saturday, but still stayed above the 16,000-mark for second straight day. Besides, recoveries also climbed to almost 12,000 in the region in the last 24 hours.
The region recorded 16,362 cases on Saturday, including 8,246 from the Pune municipal areas, 4,875 from the Pimpri Chinchwad areas and 3,241 from the rural and cantonment limits.The region had added record 16,618 patients on Friday.
As many as 11,951 recoveries were recorded in PMR on Saturday. Of these, 7,368 were from the PMC limits.
With this, the active caseload climbed to 89,673 in PMR on Saturday evening. These included 86,807 patients in home isolation and 2,866 admitted to various hospitals. About 97% active cases were in home care.
A report by district health officer Bhagwan Pawar stated that 39,081 samples were checked in PMR on Saturday, which pushed up region’s overall sample testing above 98 lakh. More than 19,000 tests were conducted in the PMC limits alone. The sample checking in Pimpri Chinchwad also increased to 12,900, while 7,098 samples were checked in the rural and cantonment areas.
The day’s positivity rate in PMR stood at 41%.