Pune, May 30 (PTI) The number of COVID-19 cases increased by 151 to reach 7,465 in Pune district in the last 24 hours, while the death toll touched 329 as eight people succumbed to the infection, an official said on Saturday.

Of the 151, Pune city accounted for 115, and it now has 6,201 cases, he added.

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"Pimpri Chinchwad's count rose by 17 to 512 and that of the rural and cantonment areas reached 683," he said, PTI

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