Pune: As per the Maharashtra state administration’s guidelines, coronavirus positive patients showing mild symptoms can practice home isolation instead of getting admitted in hospitals. The Pune district administration declared guidelines for home isolation of asymptomatic coronavirus patients. Such patients will have to sign an affidavit that has been delivered along with the circular on guidelines.

Pune Divisional Commissioner Dr Deepak Mhaisekar said, "There is a government decision dated June 6 on home isolation of asymptomatic patients. As per the decision, we have given permission for home isolation for such patients and issued detailed guidelines.”

The COVID-19 positive person must stay in his room only. The kits used by him for eating or any other purpose should be very clean. Even the clothes and all equipment used by the positive individual should be cleaned regularly.

When he was asked about testing, he said, "We are currently doing 2,000 to 2,500 tests every day and we are planning to increase it to 5,000. This is possible because the National Institute of Virology is changing its testing process and bringing some improvements because of which testing capacity will increase."

Meanwhile, Pune district on Monday reported 11 deaths due to COVID-19 with over 318 new cases were reported.  The death toll now in the district has crossed the mark of 500 while the cases in Pune district now surge over 12,243.

257 cases were reported positive in the city followed by 32 from Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation, nine in rural parts whereas 20 from cantonment and civil surgeon.

On the positive side, 297 people were discharged from various hospitals after successfully recovering from the infection on Monday. The total number of recovered patients is 7,916.