COVID death tally touches 4,900 in Pune civic limits

Pune | Saturday | 23rd January, 2021

Summary:

On Friday, in Pune, the COVID fatality count reached 4,900 in the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) limits, with four more patients succumbing to the infection in the municipal areas in the last 24 hours.

Nine more deaths took the Pune Metropolitan Region (PMR)’s toll to 8,996.

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On Friday, in Pune, the COVID fatality count reached 4,900 in the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) limits, with four more patients succumbing to the infection in the municipal areas in the last 24 hours.

Nine more deaths took the Pune Metropolitan Region (PMR)’s toll to 8,996.

PMR continued to report more recoveries than new cases on Friday.

A report released by the district health officer, Bhgawan Pawar, stated that 576 patients were declared cured in PMR on Friday as against 568 new cases.

The PMC and PCMC limits reported 290 and 119 recoveries, respectively, while 167 patients were declared cured in the rural areas on Friday.

The maximum infections were reported in the PMC limits (232), followed by the rural areas (170) and the PCMC limits (166).

The tally of positive cases in PMR increased above 3.75 lakh on Friday, while its total recoveries reached 3.61 lakh.

Sample testing for detecting Covid-19 infections increased above 20.40 lakh in PMR on Friday evening.

The region conducted 7,334 tests on Friday.

The PMC has checked more than 9.96 lakh samples so far, followed by the PCMC areas (6 lakh) and the rural parts (4.43 lakh).

The active caseload decreased marginally to 4,852 in PMR on Friday.