Active Covid cases decline 15% in PMC limits in just one week

PUNE: The number of active Covid-19 cases in the Pune municipal limits has reduced by over 7,300 (15%) to drop below 50,000 in the seven-day period ending April 25 over increased daily recoveries, a trend which civic officials expect to continue in the coming days too.
Health department data showed that the active caseload had increased past 50,000 in the PMC limits on April 10 and continued to rise further till April 18, after which it started dropping consistently. On April 18, there were 56,636 active cases in the PMC limits, which dropped continuously till April 25 (49,289).
“Till last week, the number of daily cases was ranging between 5,000 and 6,000. In the last week, the tally reduced to 4,500-5,500. In fact on April 24, the daily cases dropped below 4,000 to 3,991. It was for the first time that cases had dropped below 4,000-mark in April,” a senior health official said.
PMC health officials said it was for the first time since February this year that the daily fresh cases have been less than the number of daily recoveries for a week. “There has been a considerable drop and the trend is expected to continue in the days to come,” the official said.
Sanjeev Wavre, PMC’s assistant health chief, said, “It is too early to say anything about the peak of the cases. We are appealing to the people to follow the norms of social distancing and continue wearing masks while stepping out.”
The daily caseload in the rural areas, however, has been around 3,000, while Pimpri Chinchwad civic limits have been reporting around 2,000-2,500 cases every day.