84 dead in dist due to COVID

City’s active cases near 18,000-mark; more than 10 lakh people have tested positive in the state

On Sunday, 4,134 people tested positive for COVID in Pune district of which 1,978 are from Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) limits, 1,028 from Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) limits, 788 from rural areas and 109 from cantonment areas. Also, 84 deaths were reported from these jurisdictions.

In the state, 22,543 new positive cases were diagnosed on Sunday. This has taken the tally of cases to 10,60,308. Of these, there are 2,90,344 active cases; 416 new deaths were also reported in the state, taking the toll to 29,531.

In PMC limits, 6,770 tests were conducted over 24 hours. With the new discoveries, so far 1,19,657 have tested positive. At present, there are 17,788 active cases — among these 910 are critical (440 with ventilator and the rest without). Also, 3,214 patients are undergoing oxygen therapy at various city hospitals. Furthermore, 1,587 patients were discharged after recovery. From the 75 deaths, 45 were from the city alone — the toll stands at 2,793.

In Pimpri-Chinchwad, 1,028 patients tested positive; 10 of there were not from the civic jurisdiction. So far, 63,622 people have caught the virus. Meanwhile, 30 deaths were reported of which 13 were from the twin towns and the rest were from outside the jurisdiction — a total of 1,039 patients have succumbed to the infection so far. Also, 1,682 patients were discharged on Sunday.

The deceased include a 45-yearold man from Shirur. He was being treated since August 31. He passed away due to type-1respiratory failure and septic shock. A 58-year-old man from Hadapsar passed away due to acute respiratory failure and septic shock.

No lockdown in city

PMC has come clean on the rumours regarding the lockdown, stating that no such discussions have taken place. Mayor Murlidhar Mohol clarified the same. “No lockdown is being mulled,” he said.

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Pune district: 2,23,381

Discharged in district: 1,72,388
State: 10,60,308

India: 48,11,712

World: 2,90,57,833

Vaccine trial to resume

The trial of an experimental COVID-19 vaccine that was halted after a participant fell ill is set to resume in Mumbai. The decision comes after the UK’s Medicine Health Regulatory Authority confirmed that the trials were safe, and pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca and the University of Oxford on Saturday said that clinical trials will resume in Britain. “There is no reason why they should not start in Mumbai. We will restart the trials in the coming week,” said Mumbai’s municipal commissioner IS Chahal, adding the Drugs Controller General of India had also issued clearance. — PMB