Rajkot: The Covid-19 cases have witnessed a consistent rise over the past week in Rajkot. With just 16 new cases on February 21, the Saurashtra’s financial capital registered 54 fresh cases on Thursday, the highest in the last three months.
The doctors at the Rajkot Municipal Corporation (RMC) had anticipated such a spike if people won’t adhere to the Covid-19 norms of wearing face masks and maintaining social distance during the civic body election campaigns. The per day cases during Covid-19 peak was around 100 cases in Rajkot, during August and September last year. The cases went down steadily and had been stable between 20 to 30 per day since January.
However after the civic body elections were announced and political parties became active in campaigning, the number of cases started rising.
Rajkot registering 54 new cases on Thursday was the highest in the last three months.
Dr. Rajesh Teli, a physician from Rajkot said, “The political rallies were held without restrictions and people also let their guard down. Also, a number of marriages were organised over the past two weeks. This is the main reason for the spike.”
“The incubation period of the Covid-19 virus is 15 days and now we are seeing the rise in the numbers. The numbers are likely to increase further,” added Teli.
Rajkot has so far recorded 16,035 cases since the beginning of the pandemic.