NASHIK: The Nashik district has seen a marginal rise on Covid-19 cases compared to last week but authorities have said that it is not a cause of concern.
While 688 new cases were reported between August 27 and September 2, the recoveries stood at 570. During the week ending August 26, the weekly rise of cases stood at 560 and recoveries were 607.
The new Covid-19 cases in Nashik district between August 27 and September 2 are more than the recoveries during that period. Even Covid fatalities (19) have increased as compared to the previous week (11) in the district.
Officials said that though there has been a marginal rise in new cases, the number of patients under hospitalization is the same. Of total 459 active cases in Nashik city, 407 are under hospitalization, while the remaining 52 are in home isolation.
The health authorities of both the Nashik Municipal Corporation (NMC) and Zilla Parishad Nashik said that they were carefully watching the rise in cases. The rural parts of Nashik have registered a greater increase of cases as compared to Nashik city.
The Covid active cases also increased by 10.26% to 1,063 active cases in the week ending on September 2, against 964 active cases in the previous week ending on August 26.
In Nashik city, the cases have gone up from 30 per day in the week ending on August 26 to 39 cases per day during the week ending on September 2.
NMC has upgraded its two Covid Care Centres (CCCs)- Thakker’s dome and Sambhaji stadium into Dedicated Covid Healthcare Centres with oxygen support. Now, all 500 beds in these two CCCs have been equipped with oxygen support.
Both district and NMC administrations have appealed to people to follow Covid appropriate behaviour like wearing masks and maintaining social distance in a bid to curb the spread of the contagion.
