The last time the city’s positivity rate was below 9.94% was on March 13, when it stood at 9.62%
MUMBAI: Gains from the lockdown-like curbs are beginning to show, though only in Mumbai and a couple of other districts.
The city’s daily positivity rate (PR) has dropped 50% from 20.8% on April 1 to 9.9% on April 30 giving hope that the second wave could be ebbing. Experts said the infection continues to rage in the rest of Maharashtra with Nagpur, Nashik and Thane showing a positivity of more than 30%.
Daily PR, statewide, remains as high as 23%, declining by barely 2% in the last 30 days.
BMC chief Iqbal Singh Chahal said Mumbai was perhaps the only city in India with such a low PR at present. “Our positivity rate is in single digit now despite carrying out 44,000 tests,” he said.
Mumbai: April deaths raise an alarm, trend may persist for a while
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Even as Mumbai s positivity rate has started to slide, high number of deaths in April has become a cause for concern. In absolute numbers, fatalities have increased nearly 200% from 166 in the first week of April to 490 in the last week. Compared to March (215), there is a near seven-fold rise in April (1479).
(This story originally appeared in on May 01, 2021)MUMBAI: Even as Mumbai s positivity rate has started to slide, high number of deaths in April has become a cause for concern. In absolute numbers, fatalities have increased nearly 200% from 166 in the first week of April to 490 in the last week. Compared to March (215), there is a near seven-fold rise in April (1479).