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Pune district reports 2,098 new Covid-19 cases
PUNE It has been one year since Pune reported its first case on March 9, 2020
PUNE It has been one year since Pune reported its first case on March 9, 2020. On the same day in 2021, the district reported its highest Covid-19 count yet for this year.
Pune district reported 2,098 new Covid-19 cases as per the state health department.
Of the total number of cases reported for the day, Pune city alone reported 1,110 new cases. Also, 11 people lost their lives due to the infection. This takes the progressive count in the district to 0.424 million, of which 0.398 million have recovered.
The death toll stands at 8,152 and 18,137 are the active cases undergoing treatment in hospitals, or in home isolation.
Pune city’s progressive count is at 2.16 lakh. Also, three deaths were reported which took the death toll to 4,594.
Pune rural reported 384 new cases, which takes the progressive count to 0.101 million cases. The rural death toll stands at 2,166 with one death reported on Tuesday.
PCMC reported 604 new cases which took the count to 1.06 lakh cases and with seven deaths on Tuesday, the death toll stands at 1,343.
The recovery rate in the state is 93.34%. The case fatality rate in the state is 2.35%. Currently, 4,57,962 people are in home quarantine and 3,827 are in institutional quarantine.
