City sees few symptomatic cases in April

A marginal drop has been observed from an average of 240 cases per day to 130. In April, the city recorded 5,594 cases and 18 deaths

18 of the 5,594 people who tested positive in the past 30 days have succumbed to the virus

The last time the city witnessed a rise in COVID cases was between June and October 2022 when 173 deaths were registered

Though cases were high in March and April this year, the growth rate of cases eventually saw a decline—it was 100 per cent in the last week of March

In the earlier waves too, the peak was reached when the growth rate began to decrease, signalling that the overall number of cases would come down eventually

Similar trend was observed in previous COVID waves and surges. The last surge was experienced in May and June 2022 when the cases rose to over 125 pc in a week

The phenomenon has also been witnessed during the third wave, which peaked in January 2022

An official from the BMC said, “Though the cases were increasing the number of symptomatic cases was very low"

India has logged 3,325 new coronavirus infections, while the active cases have dipped to 44,175 from 47,246, according to the Union Health Ministry data

The Covid case tally was recorded at 4.49 crore (4,49,52,996) The active cases now comprise 0.11 per cent of the total infections