The exponential rise in cases pushed Mumbai’s daily positivity rate (PR) to 4%, a seven-fold increase from the PR on December 1. The city had not had such a high positivity rate since May, when the second wave started receding. The city’s daily positivity dipped below 5% at the end of January, before starting to rise again from February and reaching an average of 20% in March and April.
On Tuesday, the state witnessed a continuous jump for the seventh day with the addition of 2,172 cases. The state’s Covid tally has reached 66,61,486. Around 61% of the cases came from Mumbai, which has been witnessing an increase for almost a week. Monday was the exception when there was a slight drop due to less testing. A weekly comparison shows that from 1,300 cases reported in the first week of December, the number jumped to around 1,500 in the second week and around 1,900 in the third week. But between December 22 and 28, the newly detected cases touched 5,478, a 320% increase from the week before. Mumbai’s cumulative Covid-19 tally has reached 7,73,031.
The city’s Tuesday’s surge is the highest since May 26, when 1,352 cases were reported, while the state’s tally was the highest since October 14 (2,384).
health minister Rajesh Tope Said that the state is cautious about the Omron graph. “The doubling rate of the variant is very high, and it is anticipated that cases may increase significantly in January and February,” Tope said. Out of 167 omicron cases, 91 have been discharged. Senior officials said that till now there has been an increase of 50-55% cases in Mumbai. The state’s positivity rate is also rising – touching 1.08% after being consistently below 1% for weeks.
Dr Shashank Joshi said, “(a) There is a possible third wave in Mumbai as the numbers are clearly indicating an increasing trend. But all are mild cases and there is no major pressure on healthcare. It is important to remain alert and vigilant. ” Member of State COVID Task Force.
“Cases have tripled in the state in just one week. Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray A meeting of the state task force may be held on Wednesday to decide the future course of action.” With the New Year festivities, the government may bring more measures to deal with crowding in public places.
Those admitted to the hospital have gradually started showing improvement. Active cases in the state breached 11,000 (11,492), while Mumbai crossed 5,000 (5,803). Additional Municipal Commissioner Suresh Kakani said there has been a marginal increase in daily admissions, but no significant increase in ICU admissions or serious cases. “On Tuesday, out of all the new positive cases, around 70 people were hospitalised,” he said, adding that the city has over 15,000 Covid beds ready.
SevenHills Hospital in Andheri, which is a dedicated COVID-19 facility, saw 76 admissions on Tuesday, including 22 international passengers admitted on suspicion of Omicron. Dean Dr Balkrishna Adsul said this is almost four times higher than last week. “However, there have been no new admissions to the ICU, although severe cases start coming in around 2-3 weeks after the spike in cases,” he said.
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