The total number of COVID-19 cases reported over the past 30 days in Mumbai is twice what the city saw in a month before that, but the great news is that data shows that the number of critical patients has barely seen a rise and the death rate too has reduced.
While the threat of a lockdown still looms over the city, experts and administrative officials are of the opinion that the situation is still under control, but could take no time turning serious if people do not follow rules.
The city had reported about 14,000 cases from January 12 to February 11. The tally increased to 30,000 from February 12 to March 13, almost a 213 per cent jump.
In some areas – Andheri West, Mulund, and Borivli – the rate of increase is much higher and these wards have been reporting more than 100 cases daily.
Even though the daily tests in the same period increased from 15,000 to 19,000, the average test positivity rate (TPR) in the last 30 days also increased to 5.2 per cent from 3.1 per cent. Although the situation is worrisome, there have been some positive developments as well.
The number of symptomatic cases and hospitalisations are still on the lower side and less compared to the previous months.
On January 12, the number of active cases was 7,390, out of which 427 were critical. About 75 per cent of the beds were available.
On February 11, the number of active patients was 5,252, out of which 284 were critical. On March 13, the number of active patients increased to 13,247 with 451 critical ones and bed availability of 60 per cent.
Surjitt Sahani
