Pune, Sep 20 (PTI) Pune district in Maharashtra reported 3,667 new coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours, taking the count to 2,52,168, a health official said on Sunday.

The death toll in the district reached 5,698 as 69 patients succumbed to the infection, he said.

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"Of the total number of new cases, 1,700 were found in areas within the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) limits, where the tally has reached 1,31,781," the official said.

As far as recoveries are concerned, 1,545 patients were discharged from hospitals during the day.

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In the industrial township of Pimpri Chinchwad, the count of COVID-19 patients went up to 70,172 with 749 new cases.

The cumulative tally of positive cases reported from the rural parts of the district, the civil hospital and areas within the Pune Cantonment Board (PCB) has increased to 50,215, the official said.

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