Kolkata: Post-Festival Covid Case Spike has been smaller this year than last year for a week after pues.
Vaccination and herd immunity have been combined to keep the numbers down this time, experts said.
However, asymptomatic cases can breed over the next few weeks, they warn.
In a week after the festival, Kolkata had seen 1,382 cases of Covid and 19 deaths.
By 2020, post-puja weeks have watched 7,133 new Covid cases and 122 deaths in Kolkata.
Last year, 3.4 samples were tested throughout the week after the puzzle while this year, 2.1 the lakh samples were tested during the appropriate week.
It had taken more than two months after last year’s celebration for a covid surge for tapering.
This year, however, 28.3 people were truly vaccinated and another 47.4 lakh had received their first dose in Kolkata.
In Bengal, more than seven crore people have received at least one vaccine shot, while around 1.9 crores are fully vaccinated.
The effect of a festive meeting might be proven within a week when the number can rise sharper, feel the Director of the CMRI Hospital from Pulmonology Raja Dhar.
“But this time we will have more asymptomatic cases because of vaccination immunity and flocks that will subdue the number of cases.
There are many cases of asymptomatic patients who test positively in a required covid test before operation in the past few weeks.
Those who are tested for trips too, have been found Positive without symptoms.
Even if the number continues to rise this year, moderate to severe cases will be less, “Dhar added.
Vaccination has played an important role in preventing the spread, said the Institute of Medical Education & Research (IPGMER) Postgraduate (IPGMER) DiptDra Sarkar.
“The lower number of post-puja weeks reflects a decrease in symptomatic cases.
We have managed to vaccinate around 60% of the population that qualify in Bengal and the results are proven.
Since the second wave, mutations, also, are not active that has prevented severe infection.
So , this year we will see more light cases that will still be detected, “said Sarkar.
Last year in Dashami, the burden of the Covid Bengal case was 3,53,822 with 37,190 active cases.
Kolkata has 76,808 Covid cases with 7,253 active cases.
The level of front in Bengal is around 8.1% and the mortality rate is 1.8%.
A week later, on November 3, the Covid case was side by side in Bengal to 3,85,589 and to 83,941 in Kolkata.
This year in Dashami, the total Covid Bengal case reached 15,79,463 and the case of Kolkata 3.18,775.
The rate of bengal is 2.1% and the mortality rate is 1.2%.
After a week, on Friday, the burden of the Covid Bengal case touched 15.84,492 and Kolkata, 3,20,157.