After a gap of two months, Covid-19 cases fell for the first time below the 1000-mark on Saturday. Mayor Usha Dhore said tighter restrictions, especially the weekend lockdown, is yielding results and it should continue till the cases hit rock bottom.
The industrial city registered fewer cases this week compared to the previous eight weeks, health officials said. The positivity rate which had shot up to 40 per cent in March-April has also come down to around 12 per cent.
On Saturday, the industrial city registered 959 cases. It was on March 16, Pimpri-Chinchwad had registered 894 positive cases but immediately the next day, the cases crossed the 1000-mark. On March 17, 1,248 positive cases were registered. After this, there was a surge in cases, with infections even crossing the 3000-mark.
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