The audit for the Pune circle from April 2015 to March 2016 reported 89 maternal deaths from Pune rural, followed by 59 from Solapur and 25 from Satara. A total of 1,201 infants died in 2015-16 in the Pune circle area, comprising Pune, Satara and Solapur. During the same period, 173 maternal deaths and 536 child deaths, in the age group 1 to 5 years, were registered, according to an audit of maternal and child deaths undertaken by the state’s health department.

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