PUNE: The number of daily deaths due to Covid-19 increased to seven-month high of 19 in the Pune Metropolitan Region (PMR) on Saturday, while its day’s cases dropped to 3,026 as compared to 9,865 recoveries.
It was on June 29 last year, that the number of daily fatalities due to Covid-19 stood at 20 — higher than the Saturday’s tally. Otherwise, since then, the tally has risen up to 18 on more occasions than one, but never beyond it, data by the district health office revealed.