Pune, Mar 24 (PTI)Punedistrict reported 6,741 new coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours, taking its case count to 4,86,262, a health official said on Wednesday evening.

The death toll in the district reached 9,682 with 42 patients succumbing to the infection during this period, he said.

Of 6,741 cases, 3,509 were detected in the PuneMunicipal Corporation limits. As many as 1,410 patients were also discharged from the hospitals in the city.

1,865 new cases were found in the neighbouring Pimpri Chinchwad area, said the official.

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