NASHIK: The number of active cases in Malegaon town, which was one of the hotspots in the state during the first wave of Covid, has further reduced to less than 60.
The number of active cases during the middle of June was around 135 and now it has reduced below 60, said Dr Amol Dusane, the medical officer of Malegaon Municipal Corporation (MMC).
He said the corporation has been witnessing fresh cases only in single digit for the past 15 days while there were days when the number of fresh cases was zero. “During the past eight days, the corporation witnessed zero cases on four occasions while on the other days the number of patients registered were from 1 to 8 only,” he said.
The positivity rate is also very low among the citizens while around 500 tests are conducted per day. The tests are being conducted through the various urban primary health centres of the corporation, that are functioning in various parts of Malegaon.
“The RT-PCR tests were conducted for the high-risk contacts of Covid patients and those with Covid symptoms while the rapid antigen tests (RAT) were conducted for the people, who were either appearing for the vaccination or even at other places,” said Dusane.
The medical officers said the small section of people testing positive also includes those coming from outside the corporation limits.
The corporation has registered 12,548 cases, including 12,134 recoveries and 356 deaths. The recovery rate stands at 96.7%. The case fatality rate remains at 2.83%, most of which were reported during the first wave.
