Mumbai: Covid cases dip 50% in first week of July

Mumbai: Covid cases dip 50% in first week of July

Experts warn of possible rise in the next two weeks as seasonal flu cases will be reported, wherein patients exhibit symptoms similar to Corona virus

Swapnil MishraUpdated: Saturday, July 09, 2022, 08:55 AM IST
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Even amid the Omicron fear and its sublineages, the city has been witnessing a steady drop in active Covid cases. As per the statistics, from July 1-7, there has been around 50 per cent drop in active cases.

Civic officials said they had kept a close vigil on the cases, especially when there was a sudden surge in the cases last month following which there were strictly following three Ts - testing, treatment and tracing and Mission Save Lives which has helped them to control both cases and deaths in Mumbai.

Meanwhile, experts have warned of a slight possible rise in the next two weeks as seasonal flu cases will be reported which has similar symptoms to corona.

Dr Umang Agrawal, infectious diseases consultant said, “The current number of active cases are indeed reducing and it’s the natural history of the Covid wave. Initially, it rises, it reaches a plateau and then it starts reducing. Fortunately, this time we did not have lot of numbers nor did we have a lot of severe cases. It just came and went by.”

A senior health officer from the civic-run hospital said, several factors had led to the drop in the active cases in Mumbai where vaccination, too, played an important role.

“A load of active cases has reduced and along with that, positivity and the Covid fatality rate has also come down. Moreover, most patients were asymptomatic or had mild symptoms, from which they recovered in three to four days,” he said.

However, health experts have urged the people to adhere to Covid norms despite drop in the caseload, as the virus is still around and people are continuing to contract the infection.

“We need to follow Covid norms and masks will have to be worn for next six to seven months, as there is community spread of the virus and we continue to get patients infected with Delta, Delta derivatives and Omicron variants. Importantly, people who are partially vaccinated should get vaccinated as soon as possible,” said a doctor from a civic-run hospital.

People should not be complacent and take it lightly. Covid appropriate behaviour will certainly be helpful, he added. Officials said the increasing vaccine coverage was encouraging.

The BMC is taking various steps to do so, including calling up citizens who may have missed their second dose, holding vaccineon-wheels camps in areas with high footfall and encouraging housing societies to keep it informed in case someone has missed the dose.

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