PUNE: The laboratories screened 4,698 patients for Covid-19 and found 34 positive for the contagion in the Pune Metropolitan Region (PMR) on Thursday, making up 0.72% positivity rate. The positivity rate in the region has been staying below 1% for the past few days.
Barring a single Covid death on March 17, there has been no casualty in the region since March 3. Of the 34 cases, Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) registered 14 cases, followed by the Pimpri Chinchwad area (12) and the rural areas (8).