7 541 new COVID-19 cases in Pune district 124 patients die

    Pune, May 9 (PTI) Punedistrict reported 7,541
coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours, taking its infection
count to 9,21,159, a health official said on Sunday.
    The virus claimed the lives of 124 patients in the
district during the day, due to which its death toll reached
14,370, he said.
    A total of 4,825 patients were discharged from
hospitals.
    "Of the total number of new cases in the district,
2,025 were reported from the areas located within the Pune
Municipal Corporation (PMC) limits, where the overall tally
has gone up to 4,46,564," the official said.
    Pimpri Chinchwad, Pune city's neighbouring industrial
township, reported 2,020 new cases, where the infection tally
has now reached 2,30,223, he said.
    According to officials, the number of daily cases in
the district is steadily on the decline and the count of
recoveries is going up. PTI COR
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