Guwahati: The capital of Assam Guwahati, the gateway to the northeast, may have crossed the top of the third wave on January 18 and 19 when the overall daily peposititivity level surged more than 20% in Kamrup (Metro) which attacked nearly 2,000 cases or one from the total case of the country .
Health experts say the level of infection has shown a continuous downward trend in the last five days here, indicating that the peak might end.
Even after uniform testing during mid-January, the highest 1,996 and 1,929 cases were detected in kumprup (metro) each on January 18 and 19.
The last 15 days have been worried about the third wave in this city.
The level of prisoners touched 10.12% on January 10, more than doubled the country’s front rate of 4.49% on the same day, which set alarm bells in the State Health Department.
In uneven trends, the level of prospect continues to reach the alarming figures for the next week and shoot up to 20.62% on January 18, followed by 20.17% on January 19.
However, a relieving experience in the past four days has delivered hopes that Covid scenarios in the most populous districts in the northeast will not deteriorate further.
On January 20, the level of participation fell to 17.28%.
The numbers on 21 and 22 January were 16.24% and 14.23% respectively.
On Sunday, it was 14.85%.
“Covid is unpredictable since day 1.
But our observations in the last 15 days gave the impression that we had crossed the third wave of Omicron induced almost a week ago,” Ganesh Saikia, Director of Joint Health Services, Kamrup (Metro), told TII on Monday.
At 13,337, Kaseload the last 10 days (from 14 January to 23) had been much higher in Kamrup (Metro) than other districts.