Pune district reports 1,127 new Covid cases, 16 deaths

Pune: As 1,127 new Covid-19 cases were reported in the district on Tuesday, the district’s total count went up to 1

Pune: As 1,127 new Covid-19 cases were reported in the district on Tuesday, the district’s total count went up to 1.037 million cases of which 1.004 million have recovered, 15,775 declared dead and 17,623 are active cases undergoing treatment in hospitals or are in home isolation. Also, 16 more deaths were reported in the district in 24 hours.

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As per the state health department, Pune rural reported 698 new Covid cases which took the progressive count to 300,567 and with eight more deaths the death toll stood at 5,455. Pune city reported 249 new cases which took the progressive count to 489,767 and with seven more deaths the toll went up to 7,890 while PCMC reported 180 new Covid cases and the progressive count went up to 247,446, With one more death, the toll stood at 2,248.

The state reported that 15,176 patients were discharged on Tuesday which took the total count of recovered patients to 5,669,179. The recovery rate in the state is 95.69%. Also, 9,350 new cases and 388 Covid deaths were reported in the state on Tuesday. The case fatality rate in the state is 1.93%. Of 38,418,130 laboratory samples 5,924,773 have been tested positive (15.42%) for Covid until Tuesday. Currently, 904,462 people are in home quarantine and 5,621 people are in institutional quarantine.