COVID-19 cases continued to pile up relentlessly across Pune district with more than 160 new cases being reported over a 12-hour span on Monday, taking the district’s total case tally to 15,842, said authorities. 75 of these were reported between 9 p.m. on Sunday and midnight, and a further 88 cases till today [Monday] morning,” said Pune District Health Officer Bhagwan Pawar. On Saturday, Pune district reported its highest case surge till date, recording a whopping 823 new cases. As many as 340 among these were in a critical condition, with nearly 60 of these cases reported in the past three days. Officials said of the total case tally, 1,605 were active while 1,840 persons had recovered and had been discharged.

Source: The Hindu June 22, 2020 07:50 UTC