Pune district reported 2,000 new Covid cases in 24 hours on Sunday which took the number of active cases in the district to 20,347 which is the highest in the country. Pune city reported 993 new cases which took the count to 215,022 and with two new deaths, the toll went up to 4,591. Pune accounts for 17.95% of the new cases reported in Maharashtra which reported more than 10,000 fresh coronavirus positive cases on two days in a row. Maharashtra on Sunday added 11,141 new infections, taking the tally to 22,19,727 while 38 deaths pushed the toll to 52,478, the state Health department said. On Friday and Saturday, the state reported 10,216 and 10,187 cases, respectively.

Source: Mint March 08, 2021 03:27 UTC