Kolkata: Bengal records the covid front level of 4.09% on Tuesday, for the first time in the third wave – and in more than a month – that the number drops below the 5% sign.
Experts see this as a sign of controlled infection and say they hope the level dips to 1% to 2% in about three to four weeks.
To put things in perspective, the level of prospective has floated around 3% from July last year as a second wave of pandemic receding.
But it jumped above 5% on December 30, indicating the arrival of the third wave.
On January 1, this is 12%.
The waves driven by Omicron grew so quickly so that the proletation in Bengal jumped to 37% on January 10, the highest during a pandemic, and touched 70% in several Kolkata laboratories in the second week of January.
On the contrary, most of the laboratories in all cities have reported between 6% and 10% of participants in the past few days.
“This shows an infection under the control,” said Senior Doctor Sukherjee Sukherjee, a member of the Bengal Global Advisory Board for Covid-19, added, “In another week or more, we can expect new cases to be dipped under 100 a day.” On Tuesday, there were 2,014 fresh cases in Bengal and 265 in Kolkata.
“When the participation drops below 5%, it can mean infection has become endemic locally for now,” said Diptendra Sarkar, a professor of operations at Ipgmer.
“But we can see a little surge after the educational institution begins to be reopened, which is quite normal after each procedure unlocks.
However, the surge must also stabilize it,” he added.
The Anirban Public Health Specialist told the situation in Kolkata and other urban areas “it seems good, but we must see this type of decline in rural areas too.
Also, we must further emphasize the RT-PCR test on a fast antigen kit, so we that exist Low possibilities lose a positive case.
“Apart from a sharp decline in the load of Covid and Kepititification cases, static daily death counts remain a concern.
It has refused to fall below 30 in the last three weeks.
“We must analyze death data to see why it remains static despite a massive decrease in the Covid case,” Mukherjee said.
“Especially, we must find out what percentage is affected by Covid with a dead co-morbidities and how many survivors.
It can help us take corrective steps.
But I believe the number of deaths must also go down once we start reporting less than 1,000 A day, “he added.