KOLKATA: There has been a dip in daily Covid cases in Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation (BMC) area lately with the number falling to six on Saturday. Even a week ago, 20-22 daily average cases were being reported from the BMC area.
Only eight new Covid cases were recorded from entire BMC area last Wednesday, bringing down the number of new cases to single digit since February this year. The number of active Covid cases has also gone below 120.
The number of micro containment zones in BMC area, though, is still the highest among other civic body areas in North 24 Parganas. But, this number also reduced marginally to 16 on Thursday. Salt Lake proper, however, has eight zones with mostly standalone houses.
Though the number of Covid cases is declining, the authorities are not taking things lightly as fresh cases are getting reported from some localized pockets of Salt Lake and Rajarhat. Three persons of a same family at an apartment building in FD Block have recently tested positive. The police called up the affected family and urged them not to come out and call for any help if required. The building has not been listed as a micro containment zone till now.
“Sanitisation drive in the affected localities is on. The local ward coordinators and police are keeping in touch with the residents falling within the micro containment zones for any requirement as and when they need,” said a BMC official.
