PUNE: The daily Covid-19 recoveries lagged fresh cases for the third consecutive day in the Pune Metropolitan Region (PMR) on Friday.
As many as 1,139 people tested positive for the virus on Friday, pushing the region’s progressive caseload to 10,45,545.
At the same time, 827 patients were discharged, pushing the region’s total recoveries to 10,18,835.
Seventeen people succumbed in the region on Friday — six in Pune Municipal Corporation limits, three in Pimpri Chinchwad, six in the rural pockets and two in municipal council areas.
This took PMR’s death toll to 17,693.
As many as 19,015 samples were tested in PMR on Friday.
With this, Friday’s positivity rate for the region stood at 6%.
So far, 54,90,988 samples have been tested in PMR.
As of Friday, there were 9,017 active cases in PMR — 5,459 patients were being treated in hospitals, while 3,558 people had opted for home isolation.
PMC recorded 258 new cases and 246 recoveries, while Pimpri Chinchwad added 236 patients and reported 140 discharges.
In the rest of the region — rural belt, municipal councils, and cantonments — 645 people were infected and 441 recovered.