Pune Surpasses Mumbai, Becomes India’s New ‘Corona Capital’ With Over 1,67,079 Cases

Pune: The academic and cultural capital of Maharashtra emerged as India’s new “corona capital” after it recorded the maximum COVID-19 cases, a report said on Sunday. While Mumbai remained at the top in terms of the death toll in the country, Pune on the other hand recorded 1,67,079 cases and 4,346 deaths, in comparison to Mumbai’s 128,726 cases and 7,133 deaths till date.

Pune has over 43,954 active cases and 4,346-plus deaths while Mumbai has less than 129,000 cases with over 7000 deaths. Meanwhile serological survey at areas of high incidents of Covid19 in Pune shows prevalence COVID19 antibodies among 51.1% showing wid spread of the virus. These people been infected previously. PMC Pune with other institutions carried the survey.

That does not mean herd Immunity and those who infected earlier are not necessarily immune to COVID19 infection.

The fact that Pune has 1/3 the population of Mumbai and still has more cases shows how fast the pandemic is spreading in the city. Health officials on Sunday said that Maharashtra recorded less than 300 COVID-19 deaths for the first time in four days.

Maharashtra’s coronavirus-related death toll stands at 20,037, while the number of infectees is 595,865 till date. Both the tally as well as death toll are the highest in the country. The state’s recovery rate has upped from 69.82 per cent to 70 per cent, while the mortality rate is 3.36 per cent. The number of discharged patients stands at 417,123, which is significantly higher than 158,395 active cases.