INDORE: After sporadic cases reported following end of second Covid-19 wave in the district, the viral infection is once again being reported in clusters as number of cases have gone up more than four times, an area amnalysis of patients by MGM Medical College showed.
The district reported three clusters’ formations where five or more than five cases were reported in the last one week.
The areas including Race Course road, Vijay Nagar and Mahalaxmi Nagar had reported five or more than that Covid-19 infections in a day, showed record. There were 80 areas in districts that had reported more than one Covid-19 infection, showed record.
This phenomenon was witnessed in the district in the last one week from December 28 to January 3, when the daily Covid-19 infections rose by over four times, showed health bulletin records.
HoD Community medicine department Dr Salil Sakalle said, “Most of these areas with more than one Covid-19 infection are the result of cases from a family member living in an area.”
“These clusters, areas with more than one case are result of this transmission of Covid-19 virus in a family in the district. This transmission in families is not a new phenomenon for the district. It had happened earlier also”, said Dr Sakalle.
In April last year, around 40% of Covid-19 cases reported during the peak of the second wave were reportedly the result of family transmission and at the beginning of pandemic in May 2020, 70% of pandemic virus infections were the result of this phenomenon in the district.
These clusters are considered as hotspots when around 10 active cases were reported from there at a time. Then, restrictions are imposed in local areas. The district right now doesn’t have any hotspot area, where restrictions are imposed.
