Letter: Health Officer on Tuesday said that there was a burst in the case of fresh Covid-19 in the city of the letter which had jumped from 16 cases 10 days ago at 415 on Tuesday, a big leap of 2493% according to city corporate numbers, 10 days Then 16 Covid-19 positive cases were detected from 10,213 tests.
But on Tuesday, out of the 13,890 test 415 was tested positively.
What is more worrying, said health officials, is a doubling rate.
“Twice the numbers were 8-10 days about 10 days ago, it has now reduced only one day,” said health officials, raising fears that the number of active cases in the city will also skyrocket.
“Next week, 1,500 cases are expected to be reported every day and it is a worrying situation.
People need to be very careful in preventing the spread of infection,” said a health official.
Although there are limitations such as curfew and prohibition on large meetings, the cases are increasing.
“The normal situation in December began, but with the spread of the omicron and delta variants at a faster level,” an official said.
The testicitivity test (TPR) was 0.16% on December 22, now 2.98% on Tuesday.
With the increasing number of positive cases, the Ministry of Health strengthens its infrastructure to overcome the flow of patients in the hospital.
“In the previous wave, we handle more than 25,000 active cases at once.
We further strengthen oxygen supply and increase hospital beds to overcome any situation,” the official said.