KOLKATA: The number of active Covid cases in the Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation area, including Salt Lake and Rajarhat, went below 30% for the first time on Monday. The recovery rate shot up from 51% to nearly 70% in the last 13 days.
The Covid death rate also came down, with seven deaths reported this month till Monday compared to 17 Covid deaths in July.
From August 12-24, a total of 1,073 persons recovered whereas only 794 new cases were reported. The total number of Covid cases under the Bidhannagar civic body area stood at 3,566 till Monday. Out of that, 2,491 persons have recovered. The number of active cases was 1,029 till Monday and 47 deaths from Covid occurred till date.
“The last two weeks’ trend has been very encouraging. There has not been a single day that saw the daily cases cross the three-figure mark since August 8. The daily recovery figure, on the other hand, crossed the three-figure mark thrice during the same period,” a civic official said.
The number of patients in Salt Lake has been less compared to that in Rajarhat. However, Duttabad that borders Salt Lake remains a worry for the civic authorities with the last two Covid deaths reported from the area. More than 65 persons from Duttabad have been affected with the disease so far and six have died.
Civic authorities rued that many in Duttabad, a densely populated area with over 40,000 people, were still not following safety measures and some were not even following quarantine norms properly even after family members tested positive. Some of the Covid-affected people were refusing to move to safe homes arranged by the civic authorities despite the fact that they did not have adequate space at home to stay in isolation.
“A few days ago, we had arranged for an ambulance to take two persons who tested positive for Covid-19 to a safe home. But they refused to go. I have been continuously urging and requesting people to follow safety protocols, but still many are not paying heed to our appeals. People are stepping outside without wearing masks or gathering without maintaining social distancing norms,” said Ward 38 councillor Nirmal Dutta.
The Covid death rate also came down, with seven deaths reported this month till Monday compared to 17 Covid deaths in July.
From August 12-24, a total of 1,073 persons recovered whereas only 794 new cases were reported. The total number of Covid cases under the Bidhannagar civic body area stood at 3,566 till Monday. Out of that, 2,491 persons have recovered. The number of active cases was 1,029 till Monday and 47 deaths from Covid occurred till date.
“The last two weeks’ trend has been very encouraging. There has not been a single day that saw the daily cases cross the three-figure mark since August 8. The daily recovery figure, on the other hand, crossed the three-figure mark thrice during the same period,” a civic official said.
The number of patients in Salt Lake has been less compared to that in Rajarhat. However, Duttabad that borders Salt Lake remains a worry for the civic authorities with the last two Covid deaths reported from the area. More than 65 persons from Duttabad have been affected with the disease so far and six have died.
Civic authorities rued that many in Duttabad, a densely populated area with over 40,000 people, were still not following safety measures and some were not even following quarantine norms properly even after family members tested positive. Some of the Covid-affected people were refusing to move to safe homes arranged by the civic authorities despite the fact that they did not have adequate space at home to stay in isolation.
“A few days ago, we had arranged for an ambulance to take two persons who tested positive for Covid-19 to a safe home. But they refused to go. I have been continuously urging and requesting people to follow safety protocols, but still many are not paying heed to our appeals. People are stepping outside without wearing masks or gathering without maintaining social distancing norms,” said Ward 38 councillor Nirmal Dutta.
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