Mumbai: After 13 consecutive days increased in daily detection, Mumbai registered a 3% decline in a new case on Saturday.
It was reported that 20,318 new cases fell from 20,971 days earlier.
Experts are confused because the peak or highlands are expected only in mid-January.
Some have linked a slowdown into saturation in testing, or the number of independent tests that are not reported higher, and think the next few days will provide a clearer picture.
Meanwhile, the country added 41,434 new cases, an increase of 504 (1.2%) from the previous day 40,925.
Even though it fell slightly in a case on Saturday it was still the third day of the city recorded more than 20,000 cases.
Negative growth in the level of Daily Detection Mumbai also put brakes on the Covid Graph of the country that grew by 36.6% on Thursday and 12% on Friday.
The head of BMC I S Chahal told TII that the Mumbai case might stabilize because it was the third day reported 20,000 cases.
“But we have to wait and watch the trend,” he said.
Comparing the occupancy of critical beds between two waves, Ashwini Bhide, an additional city commissioner, quoted that when Mumbai has 91,108 active cases during the peak of delta waves, 85% of 9,946 oxygen beds and 96% beds.
In the current wave, 27% of the oxygen bed and 30% of the ICU bed is occupied.
He said there was no reason to panic, but be careful needed.
Death in the state and city down.
Maharashtra reported 13 fatalities, took a total toll of 1,41,627, while Mumbai reported five deaths, pushing the total death to 16,399.
The active case in Mumbai touched one lakh (1,06,037), the sign never crossed the two previous waves.
However, the number of daily hospitalizations fell down 10% compared to the previous day.
Civil data shows that 1,257 of the 20,318 new cases require hospital admissions, compared with 1,395 reception the previous day.
108 patients must be supported on carrying out oxygen.
At present, 7,234 beds from 33,803 (21.4%) are occupied.
However, the level of pioneering Mumbai, however, drifts around 28%.
A state official said it was a sign that the city needed to do more tests.
“The level of participants must drop to 10%,” the official said.
For the third day in a row, there were a large number of recovery in the state (9,671) and the city (6,003).
Cumulative Covid-19 Tally State has reached 68,75,656, including 8,93,048 cases in Mumbai.
Previous epidemiologists told TOI that the decline in asymptomatics testing according to national policies could reduce the number of tests and cases.
The BMC data shows that the asymptomatic patient’s share is 82% on Saturday, down from 85% on Friday and 85% on Thursday.
Dr.
Om Srivastava, a member of the Covid task force, said that the limitations had played a role in slowing cases it would also be known in some time.
“We can also see a sudden surge again, so we have to be vigilant,” he said.