Indore: Unlike the initial days of the month, May showed the ray of hope. The light at the end of the tunnel. Especially in the last 10 days, the number of positive cases has come down hugely and so has the number of active cases.
However, the month didn’t show any mercy in terms of the number of deaths as it rose to highest in any month since the outbreak of the disease.
However, in terms of number, May became the second worst month in terms of increasing number of Covid patients and had seen over 37000 positive cases. Highest number of cases was reported in April i.e. over 42,000.
“Due to the strict lockdown for so many weeks, cases have started decreasing and conditions are becoming normal. Conditions turned worst due to increasing cases and the ‘Super Spreader’ variant of COVID-19 prevalent among the population. Now, as the cases are decreasing, people must follow the norms to avoid such a nightmarish situations again,” Covid nodal officer Dr Amit Malakar said.
Meanwhile, nodal officer of Maa Ahilya COVID Care Centre Dr Anil Dongre said, “April was the worst month but May was comparatively better as condition started improving after half of the month passed. Rate of positivity was about 12 per cent in May and the highest number of patients were discharged in this month.”
“People should follow the norms strictly and must get early treatment to avoid any untoward situation,” Dr Dongre added.
Month wise COVID-19 cases
Month No of +cases Samples tested Positivity rate Deaths Discharge
March 61 671 9.1 4 0
April 1452 6625 21.9 68 187
May 2026 29339 6.9 63 1803
June 1195 49600 2.4 64 1562
July 2714 51841 5.2 113 1524
August 5802 78364 7.4 86 4192
September 11225 85745 13.1 174 10102
October 9644 104789 9.2 110 11501
November 8572 106318 8.1 81 6463
December 12446 151210 8.2 114 14020
January-21 2353 113365 2.1 47 4808
February-21 2268 55448 4.1 9 1639
March-21 10692 100020 10.69 29 7409
April-21 42363 242874 17.4 185 34394
May-21 37,144 288233 12.89 194 45287
