Mumbai reports over 1,000 Covid cases 7 days in a row – Times of India

Mumbai: The spike in Covid-19 cases continued as Maharashtra registered 9,927 cases on Tuesday, up from 8,744 a day back. Deaths more than doubled from 22 on Monday to 56 on Tuesday. Total caseload of the state rose to 22,38,398 and fatalities touched 52,556.
Mumbai seemed to be stable at 1,012 cases –two cases less than on Monday — and two deaths. The city now has a tally of 3.35 lakh cases and 11,510 deaths since the pandemic began in March 2020. Mumbai has been reporting over 1,000 cases for the last seven days in a row.
Dr Shashank Joshi, a member of the state task force on Covid-19, said though cases are rising, death rate in Maharashtra has been lower than 1 in 2021. “While case fatality rate (CFR) in Maharashtra is 2.35 if cases since March 2020 are considered, it is time to look at CFR only for 2021 while planning strategies to beat Covid-19,” he said.
Dr Rahul Pandit, who heads intensive care at Fortis Hospital and is also a member of the same task force, said it would take another week or 10 days for a clearer picture to emerge. “The need of the hour is to aggressively vaccinate vulnerable sections such as senior citizens within the shortest possible time,” he said.
Senior citizens account for a majority of mortalities in 2020. “Vaccinating them would help us control the damage that a Covid-19 surge can cause. Vaccinating is as important as masking right now,” Pandit added.
There has also been a rise in daily discharges. On Tuesday 12,182 people were sent home, taking total discharges to over 20.8 lakh. With this, active cases in the state and city have dipped. There are 95,322 active cases in the state now, of which 9,330 are in Mumbai.
The highest cases have been reported from the Pune circle (2,291)while the highest daily fatalities have been reported from Akola (16). The Mumbai region reported a total of 1,940 cases and 11 deaths.