Now Pune district has more active COVID patients than Mumbai

Pune, 14 July 2020: The Maharashtra State health department data indicates that Pune district ranks 2nd in holding the maximum number of active cases of Coronavirus Disease (COVID19) in Maharashtra. Thane tops the list with about 34006 active cases followed by Pune with 23738 cases, Mumbai ranks 3rd with 22773 cases.

Maharashtra State Health Minister Rajesh Tope said that the current count of COVID19 patients in the state of Maharashtra is 2,67,665. Today, newly 6741 patients have been identified as positive. Also newly 4500 patients have been cured today. Till now 1,49,007 patients are cured and discharged from the hospitals while there are still 1,07,665 active patients in the state. Today, 213 people died taking the total deaths to 10,695 till now.

According to the Union Health Ministry, the number of Coronavirus positive patients has reached 906751 across the country. Out of this, 571459 have been cured and discharged from hospitals while 23727 people have died and one patient has migrated out of the country. There are still 311565 active patients undergoing treatment in hospitals across the country.