Pune Is India's New 'Corona Capital, It Surpasses Delhi For Most COVID-19 Cases In The Country
Pune recently became India¡¯s "corona capital" and has now gone past Delhi in terms of the number of persons infected with COVID-19. This means it has recorded the highest number of COVID cases in the country. While Pune's tally reached 175,105, Delhi¡¯s tally is 1,74,748 as per a TNN report.
Pune recently became India¡¯s "corona capital" and has now gone past Delhi in terms of the number of persons infected with COVID-19. This means it has recorded the highest number of COVID cases in the country. While Pune's tally reached 175,105, Delhi¡¯s tally is 1,74,748 as per a TNN report.
More bad news for Pune is that it also has the maximum number of active cases in the country. More than 52,000 patients as of now, while Mumbai is around 20,000 and Delhi stands at 14,626.
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Mumbai, which has also witnessed a huge number of coronavirus cases, at present has 1,45,805 cases and 7,658 patients have succumbed till now. The Pune district recorded 73 COVID-related deaths on Monday, taking the fatalities count to 4,134.
Numbers going up
Meanwhile, 11,852 more people tested positive for coronavirus in Maharashtra on August 31, taking the COVID-19 tally to 7,92,541. 184 more patients succumbed to the infection, taking the states¡¯ death toll count to 24,583. Notably, as far as states are concerned, Maharashtra has the highest number of coronavirus cases in the country.
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As per the state health department, Maharashtra¡¯s recovery rate is 72.37 per cent, while the fatality rate is 3.1 per cent. At present 13,55,330 people are in home quarantine and 35,722 in institutional quarantine. There are 1,94,056 active cases in the state.
Rising pandemic
In August, Pune's first sero survey found that over 50 per cent of residents from five high-incidence areas in the city have been exposed to the COVID-19 infection. The survey, which is done to detect the presence of specific antibodies, and assess the prevalence of a disease in the population, was conducted by taking samples of 1,664 respondents.
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Delhi recorded 1,358 fresh coronavirus cases on August 31, taking the tally to over 1.74 lakh. the bulletin of Delhi Health department said that the national capital 18 more COVID patients succumbed in the last 24 hours, pushing the fatalities count to 4,444.
