MUMBAI: After five days, the statewide tally of Covid-19 cases crossed 1,000 on Wednesday. In a consistent trend over the past few months, Wednesday’s tally (1,094) is higher than the previous week’s.
In Mumbai, where cases have remained below 300 since November 4, the number stood at 339 on Wednesday. However, the number of tests was also higher (38,661) as compared to the previous few days. “The daily positivity rate is still below 0.9%,” said a civic official.
11 districts including Pune, Sindhudurg, Amravati at the state level, Palghar and Parbhani, are a matter of concern as their weekly positivity rate is higher than the state average of 1.4%.
The number of active cases (12,410) continues to decline across the state, and only five districts – Pune, Mumbai, Thane, Ahmednagar and Raigad – account for 80% of cases. Twenty-two districts have less than 100 active cases, with Nandurbar at the lowest end with 1 active case and Ratnagiri the highest with 78.
In Mumbai, the number of symptomatic patients is less than 1,000 (959). The BMC dashboard showed that 17,493 . 93% of covid The beds are vacant and out of 7,921 oxygen supported beds, only 522 are in use. A senior official said that as many experts say that the cases are likely to pick up in the next 15 days, the BMC does not want to reduce the number of Covid beds now. There are 403 patients in the Kovid ICU in the city.
The average weekly growth rate of COVID in the city has dropped to 0.03%, with H West Ward (Bandra) having the highest rate (0.06%), while R South (Kandivali) has the lowest 0.02%. The doubling rate in the city has improved to 2,194 days.
In Mumbai, where cases have remained below 300 since November 4, the number stood at 339 on Wednesday. However, the number of tests was also higher (38,661) as compared to the previous few days. “The daily positivity rate is still below 0.9%,” said a civic official.
11 districts including Pune, Sindhudurg, Amravati at the state level, Palghar and Parbhani, are a matter of concern as their weekly positivity rate is higher than the state average of 1.4%.
The number of active cases (12,410) continues to decline across the state, and only five districts – Pune, Mumbai, Thane, Ahmednagar and Raigad – account for 80% of cases. Twenty-two districts have less than 100 active cases, with Nandurbar at the lowest end with 1 active case and Ratnagiri the highest with 78.
In Mumbai, the number of symptomatic patients is less than 1,000 (959). The BMC dashboard showed that 17,493 . 93% of covid The beds are vacant and out of 7,921 oxygen supported beds, only 522 are in use. A senior official said that as many experts say that the cases are likely to pick up in the next 15 days, the BMC does not want to reduce the number of Covid beds now. There are 403 patients in the Kovid ICU in the city.
The average weekly growth rate of COVID in the city has dropped to 0.03%, with H West Ward (Bandra) having the highest rate (0.06%), while R South (Kandivali) has the lowest 0.02%. The doubling rate in the city has improved to 2,194 days.
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