Mumbai: More than 88% of Covid cases in the city last week came from high rise.
The slums almost did not report infections in large quantities, according to civil data.
Seeing waves in the case, the corporation conducted an analysis of 3,300 positive cases reported in the previous week.
“Nearly 88% of cases come from buildings.
Most of the ward did not find many cases of slum bags,” said Supplementary City Commissioner Suresh Kakani.
During the second wave, a similar trend was recorded, the reasons were associated with higher exposure among the residents of the slums for the immunity of testing.
Cases in several city wards with the highest weekly growth rate, including (0.15%), D (0.13%), H-West (0.12%), G-South (0.12%) and Kwest , Most are driven by positive occupant testers after international or social travel.
Ward includes colaba to the fort, D including Tardeo to Giragaum, H-West is Bandra to Khar, G-South is Worli to lower Parel and the Western K-is a parle-vile-juhu.
Closer scenery reveals the distribution of further slum houses.
Take the example of the M-West Environment which includes Chembur and Tilak Nagar and has more than 1.5 lakh, or 35%, from a population that lives in a slum.
However, the ward barely found many cases there, admitted Dr.
Bhupendra Patil, Ward Medical Officer (Moh).
“Almost all of our patients built residents,” he said.
Only a few have a foreign travel history.
“The most common source we found during contact contacts is the latest wedding or social meeting they attended,” he said.
This trend is similar in N Ward (Ghatkopar, Vidyavihar), where up to 60% of the population lives in slums, but most cases increase.
Since a surge, the ward has reported 30-35 cases every day.
“But almost four or five will be from the slum,” said Dr.
Mahendra Khandade, Moh in Ward.
Most of the positive patients provide a history of sightseeing in restaurants or attending a wedding of a friend or family member.
“The restaurant is packed on Sunday even though 9pm at night.
We fined Rs 10,000 to five restaurants; so the crowd was slimmer on Monday,” he said.
But low detection in slums should not mean there is no case, Khandade said.
“Often the occupants of slum areas are hesitant to be tested because they are worried to stay away from work.
Some may not take this disease too serious because of the symptoms (can) be mild,” he added.
Since building residents was tested more proactively, there was an inherent testing bias that reflected in higher cases in a prosperous bag, he said.
Kakani said they could not show certain factors behind the exponential surge of Mumbai.
“Is that a marriage or people who return from abroad and test further, or domestic travelers come to the city, we don’t know what is responsible,” he said.
A neighborhood official said, “It will be a real mystery; if Omicron does not cause it then what?” Surge in the case also leads to the appropriate increase in hospitalization.
Dr.
Gautam Bhansali from Bombay Hospital said they recorded reception in two digits, despite some severe cases.
Dr.
Sujit Chatterjee, the CEO of Hiranandani Hospital, said on Monday that they saw 13 new Covid reception compared to early 4-5.