Unlike the state, the number of Covid cases in Mumbai continued to dip, with 654 cases added on Friday. The city’s tally has climbed to 1.89 lakh even as the total toll reached 10,955, including 13 deaths added on Friday. “The decline in Mumbai’s Covid curve continues and a second wave seems unlikely,” said a senior doctor from a BMC hospital.
The doubling rate in Mumbai has climbed to 305 days, the recovery rate is steady at 92%, and the overall growth rate of Covid cases in the past week has been at 0.23%.
BMC additional municipal commissioner Suresh Kakani said that the civic corporation would continue to be in a state of high alert as far as Covid health infrastructure is concerned. He said the present level of preparedness would continue for another few weeks or more even as the focus is now also on mass vaccination drives.
However, Dr Shashank Joshi, who is a member of the state task force on Covid-19, said that Mumbai could witness a surge in the December 25 to January 25 period. “The weather has changed in the past few days. The temperatures have dropped, and pollution levels will increase. Unless people adopt Covid-appropriate behaviour, the fear of a second wave is always there,” he said.
The daily recoveries in the state dropped significantly on Friday. A total of 2,774 people recovered on Friday as against over 5,000 that recovered on Thursday. The total number of people recovered so far is nearly 17.5 lakh, and the rate of recovery is 93.5%. With this, active cases in the state also increased on Friday. A total of 73,315 cases are still under treatment in the state, of which 10,955 are in Mumbai.
At the state level, the Mumbai Metropolitan Region added 1,301 cases and 17 deaths, taking the total cases in the region to 6.4 lakh and the total deaths here to 18,688. Meanwhile, the Kalyan-Dombivli belt, which is the second worst-hit in the MMR after Mumbai, reported 104 fresh Covid cases and two deaths, taking the total tally there to 55,492 and the deaths to 1,079. At present, 1,402 active patients are undergoing treatment there.
In Thane city, 146 new cases were identified on Friday, taking the tally there to 53,214. Three Covid deaths took place, taking the toll there to 1,205. The recovery rate in Thane city has increased to 95%. In Navi Mumbai, 90 cases were reported on Friday, taking the total count there to 49,477. Of these, 95% have recovered. Two deaths were also reported from the Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation areas, taking the total toll there to 1,009.
The PCMC areas reported 44 fresh coronavirus cases on Friday, taking the total case tally there to 26,774. With no death reported, the toll in Panvel city remained at 584.
Source: https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/maharashtra-toll-hits-48000-decline-in-mumbais-covid-curve-continues/articleshow/79689145.cms
