HT. Five districts of the state are recording an upward trend of rising covid cases which include Mumbai and Thane as well. Both these districts were Covid-19 hotspots in both the first and second wave which hit the state.
Pune district, too, saw an increase in its active case count. The district’s active cases went from 12,364 on Wednesday to 12,758.
On Thursday, Pune city, its rural areas and Pimpri-Chinchwad reported 233, 541 and 177 fresh cases, respectively. Pune city’s cases have gone from 198 to 276 between September 6 and September 8.
A similar trend is seen in the rural areas of Pune. Between September 6 and 9, the daily cases increased from 416 to 541 on Thursday.