52 new COVID cases in Pune district in the last 12 hours

Pune, May 19, 2020: The district administration has informed that from 9 pm on Monday, 52 new Coronavirus positive patients have been detected in Pune district. Now the total number of COVID patients stands at 4229.

District Health Officer (DHO) Dr Bhagwan Pawar said that till 9 pm yesterday there were 4177 patients, which has now reached 4229. Out of total patients, 211 have died.

Till yesterday 9 pm, there were 3628 patients from Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) area, 222 from Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC), 148 from Pune Cantonment, 29 from Khadki Cantonment, 2 from Dehuroad Cantonment and 148 from Pune rural areas. In the Pune rural areas, there were 7 from Baramati town, 4 from Baramati rural, 31 from Daund town, 1 from Jejuri, 1 from Talegaon Dabhade, 53 from Haveli, 7 from Shirur, 1 from Junnar, 4 from Khed, 3 from Mulshi, 26 from Velha, 5 from Bhor, 3 from Indapur, 1 from Daund rural and 1 from Maval.

Maharashtra has the highest number of corona patients in the country. At present, the number of corona victims in the state is 35,058.   8 thousand 437 of them have been cured. Maharashtra’s recovery rate is 24.06 percent. So far 1,249 people have died in the state.

Now the number of corona patients across the country has crossed the one lakh mark. In the last 24 hours, 4,970 people have been infected with corona. 134 people have died. According to the latest figures from the Union Ministry of Health, the number of COVID patients in the country has now reached 1 lakh 1 thousand 139. Of them, 3 thousand 163 people have died. 39 thousand 174 people have been discharged from hospitals.  That means the country’s recovery rate is 38.73 per cent. Currently, there are 58,802 active patients with corona infection in the country.