As per the update by Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) Mayor Murlidhar Mohol, the COVID-19 case count in the city rose by 1,891 to 1,28,423 on Friday.
In addition to this, Pune Municipal Corporation has also come up the top five hotspot ward office areas where the number of COVID-19 patients is the highest.
Sinhagad Road, Warje-Karve Nagar, Ahmednagar Road - Wadgaonsheri, Dhankawadi - Sahakarnagar, Aundh-Baner are among the top five hotspot ward office areas within the limits of PMC.
At the start of the outbreak, the cases in Pune were limited to the centrally located areas of the city and areas like Warje-Karve Nagar and Aundh Baner were in green zones.
Murlidhar Mohol
Meanwhile, in Pune, with 44 people succumbing to the infection, the death toll went up to 3,007.
A total of 1,926 patients were discharged during the day, taking the number of active cases to 17,293.
As per the update, 1,08,132 people have recovered/discharged as of now.
With 6,289 tests conducted on Friday, the total number of tests conducted reached to 5,62,946.
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