BENGALURU: The May 29-June 4 week turned out to be the deadliest for Bengaluru with Covid-19 case fatality rate (CFR) shooting up to 7%, the city’s highest in 2021.
During the period, Bengaluru witnessed 25,699 fresh cases and 1,797 deaths.
CFR remained at 4.8% during May 22-28 though the city recorded 1.3 lakh cases and 2,037 fatalities.
Case positivity rate is falling now.
From May 29 to June 4, Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) conducted 4.2 lakh tests and positivity rate was 6%.
It was nearly 12% the previous week.
According to P Rajendra Cholan, BBMP special commissioner, the CFR in the past week “is visibly higher as the total number of positive cases is less”.
“The average daily Covid positive cases are down to 3,500 in the past one week, whereas it was 6,000-8,000 a day last week.
The absolute number of Covid deaths is less,” he said.
Bengaluru’s 7% CFR last week its highest this year
