Kolkata: The number of positive cases in the first eight days of August in Kolkata has dropped to only 541 of 798 cases during the same period in July.
But this month the cumulative number of positive cases in the first eight days has jumped to 934.
Health officials are monitoring the situation and analyzing if this trend can be a mistake of early warning for another in front of the surge.
“By opening public places such as malls, market cinema rooms etc.
The number of cases in the city is expected to increase.
As far as it increases gradually and this number is acceptable.
But we still look closely closely so we can start designing ways for cons in the case of a number bud up, “said a senior health department official.
From July the second week of the case on the positive daily in Kolkata has been in two digits mostly until mid-August before the number starts swaying between two and three digits.
But for a straight 10 day, the number has refused to sneak under three digits.
On Thursday, the city reported 118 cases and two deaths out of 724 cases throughout the state.
“This time it increases gradually and is not very sharp like a big wave we witness during the second wave.
The reason can be good this is the beginning for the endemic phase, not like that if we enter such a stage, or it can also be the beginning of the third wave.
We need to watch this pattern for a little longer to ensure it, “said the Children’s Health Institute for Associate Professor Prabhas Giri Predites.
The Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Surgical Professor Research (IPGMER) Dipendra Sarkar said that with almost 61% of the Bengal population has so far developed antibodies, the remaining 19% is expected to be infected before the immunity of herd is achieved.
“Look at Kerala where there is a large surge.
This is because the cumulative sero-positive is only 44%.
We hope the case goes up again in Kolkata and in the country as a whole but a number of hospitals and deaths must be far less than what we see during the second wave peak due to vaccination coverage, “said Sarkar.
Even as an increase in no sharp, experts warn about the possibility of a sudden surge as people began to blend in large quantities before the celebration.
“The threat of Covid is still very much there.
So, every meeting or accumulation of people can be a potential source for the spread of infection or “hotspot”.
Durga Puja knocked on the door.
And before that, Puja shopping has begun and people roam without masks.
This is actually a potential risk factor for the third wave in Bengal, “said Anirban Public Health Specialist through.
“The speed and intensity of the surge will all depend on how people obey the Covid-19 appropriate behavior and how fast we can cover the population with vaccination,” Giri said.