MUMBAI: The city’s daily Covid caseload dropped to 540 on Thursday after registering 662 cases on the previous day.
The daily toll increased slightly to 13, taking the overall toll to 15,586 so far. The city has so far witnessed over 7.26 lakh cases. The state Covid update for Thursday was delayed due to technical issues and was not issued by the health department till the time of going to press.
“We are testing over 30,000 cases every day, and the daily testing rate has been under 1.5% for the last three days. This does indicate that the Covid-19 situation is under control,” said a BMC official. The BMC’s Covid update on Thursday said that 37,802 tests were conducted in the city as compared to 31,994 on July 7 and 30,554 on July 6. The time taken for cases to double in the city has gone up to 858 days, and the rate of recovery touched 96% on Thursday.
Even though the cases were on the decline, the state has asked all districts to ensure tests do not drop and share of RT-PCR tests too is consistent. CM Uddhav Thackeray on Thursday said the second wave in the state had not completely ebbed, and it was crucial that citizens follow all guidelines issued by the government, and the administration should ensure there is no crowding and all restrictions are implemented.
Officials said even though tests are mostly consistent, the daily detections in Mumbai and the state are not dropping as much as expected. “Cities like Nagpur, Nashik and Pune had all reported a significant surge in cases during the peak, and now most of them have reported a sharper dip than Mumbai. Nagpur is reporting fewer than 100 cases for the last few days,” said an official.
