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MUMBAI: In a sign that the spread of Covid-19 infections is slowing, daily positivity rate in Maharashtra has dropped to single digits. Of 2.6 lakh tests done in the last 24 hours, 21,273 came positive, a rate of 8.1%, which indicates a significant decline over a month – the rate was 23.6% on April 27.
In a presentation by the health department to the state cabinet, it was revealed that the daily positivity has been in single digits since May 22 (9.3%) and continues to gradually drop further. Test positivity in Mumbai has been below 5% for seven of the last eight days.
As daily test positivity rates could change due to fluctuations in the number of tests done, public health specialists calculate the positivity rate over a week. If it rate stays below 5% for two weeks, the World Health Organisation recommends that it is safe to tweak lockdown rules.
The shortages-hit Dahisar Covid centre shifts patients on Monday
MUMBAI: With fewer Covid-19 tests conducted over the weekend, Maharashtra and Mumbai reported a dip in daily detections. The state added 58,924 cases and 351 fatalities on Monday, pushing the total caseload to 38.9 lakh and toll to 60,824.
A total of 2.2 lakh tests were conducted on Sunday as against the state’s highest-ever case tally of 68,637 from 2.7 lakh tests done on Saturday (test results take around 24 hours), according to the state government’s daily update. In Mumbai, 7,381 cases were detected from 36,556 tests done on Sunday. On weekdays, the city conducts an average 45,000 tests and for the last week, daily cases have hovered over 8,000-9,000.
The city could see up to 100 deaths a day in the coming weeks, warned Dr Avinash Supe, who heads MMR’s Covid death audit committee
MUMBAI: In just 11 days of April, the city has reported 55% more Covid-19 deaths than in all of March, calling into question earlier assessments that the second wave was less severe. The state, too, has seen fatalities jump by 23% in less than two weeks of April compared to the previous month.
Mumbai reported 215 deaths in March, but has crossed 333 by April 11. In January and February, the city had seen 236 and 127 Covid deaths, respectively. Similarly, Maharashtra has crossed 3,059 deaths in April so far as opposed to 2,495 in March.