Navi Mumbai: There is a sharp drop in new cases in the last week under the Panvel Municipal Corporation (PMC), leading to a drop in the number of active cases. The number of active cases dropped to just 403 from 732.
A total of 64 new cases were reported on Wednesday, July 6. The civic body saw a sharp rise in new cases during June and there was a 10-time rise in active cases. On July 6, a total of 64 new cases were reported and 88 patients were discharged.
New cases were detected across all wards with the maximum in the Kharghar node. At present, the Kharghar node has 190 active cases, followed by Kalamboli 66, and New Panvel 60 of Covid. Taloja node, which had zero cases for almost three months, has only 4 active cases.
The recovery rate under the PMC has come down to 97.77 from 98.4 in June. So far, 1416 people have lost their lives due to infections.