The Pune district administration on Thursday said that a jumbo COVID-19 care facility proposed in the city’s Balewadi area was likely to come up by mid-August. As per district administration data, Pune has 61,944 cases of whom 23,100 were active, while the health department data puts this figure at over 40,000. Between June 25 and July 1, in all 22,800 samples were tested of which 4,000 were positive while the case fatality rate was 2.9%. “From July 9 to July 15, a total 32,000 samples were tested while the case fatality rate was 1.9%. The case fatality rate has come down to 1.4%, while the district’s case recovery stands at over 60% with the case fatality rate at 2.46% which is lower than Maharashtra’s, and well below Mumbai’s fatality rate,” said Mr. Rao.

Source: The Hindu July 23, 2020 18:27 UTC