NASHIK: The number of fresh Covid cases in the city has dropped significantly during the last one month.
Nashik city has recorded 31 cases per day on an average in September so far while 37 cases were reported in August per day
Moreover, the number of active cases has reduced by 40% to 254 as against 423 around a month ago.
Of the 254 active patients, 240 are undergoing treatment in hospitals while 14 patients are home isolated.
According to the officials of the Nashik Municipal Corporation (NMC), the Covid trend is declining and the virus has become mild.
During the first wave in September last year, the number of active cases had increased to 6,200 but there had been a drop in the number of new cases from October.
From the second half of February, the cases started to increase again. By April 23, the city had 28,000 active cases. Then the trend was reversed . Also, the city has registered more recoveries than the new cases in September. The city has registered 888 new cases and 1,042 patients recovered from Covid in September.
Nashik district on Wednesday received a fresh stock of 1.03 lakh doses of vaccines.
