Although there hasn’t been much difference in daily cases in the city and the state for over a month, COVID-19 related deaths are on a decline. The city recorded four deaths on Saturday, whereas MMR excluding the city recorded no deaths. There were 25 deaths registered across the state on the same day. Though there are fewer active patients in Pune, it recorded nine deaths.

The daily cases of COVID-19 have been fluctuating from 400 to 500 over the last two weeks in the city. On Saturday, the city recorded 414 new cases. The number of deaths has been reducing and the four patients who died had co-morbidities. On December 30, there were 13 deaths reported and since then, the daily toll has been limited to single-digit figured only. Now, it seems to have declined to below five. Meanwhile, 299 patients recovered in the city. The recovery rate has stabilised at 94 per cent. There are still 5,708 active cases in the city.