The second wave of coronavirus infections in Pune shows no signs of slowing down, with the number of new Covid-19 cases in the district exceeding 10,000. On Saturday a total of 10,827 new cases were reported, of which 5,720 were from PMC, 2,832 from PCMC and 2,275 from cantonment and rural areas.
With 66 people succumbing to the infection on Saturday, the Pune district reached a cumulative total of 10,163 deaths from Covid-19.
Of these, a total of 35 were from PMC and 10 from Pimpri Chinchwad. On Saturday a total of 31,196 samples were analyzed, of which 20,066 were from PMC areas, 5,981 were from Pimpri-Chinchwad and 5,149 were from Rural Pune and cantonment areas.
A total of 54,971 people with Covid-19 are now in home isolation, of which 33,849 are from PMC areas and 17,160 from PCMC areas.
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A total of 3,962 are from Rural Pune, who are in home isolation. A total of 17,160 are hospitalized, of which 5,669 are from PMC areas and 3,493 are from PCMC areas and 7,998 from Rural Pune and cantonment areas.
A total of 6,496 patients recovered from the infection on Saturday, and overall, 4.8 lakh people have recovered from Covid-19.
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