Kolkata: The number of fresh Covid cases in Kolkata is constantly above 200 since Durga Puja.
Before the festival and frenzy shopping, new cases of everyday have been in the 100s or lower, and health experts have warned a surge when the people are unpretentious to be careful in the wind.
Although the trend of current increases in the city has not been worried, doctors are afraid of further increases in cases in about three to four weeks.
“Apart from increasing cases, we do not witness a sudden surge.
But we have not seen the actual reflection of the type of church there before and after the festival.
We have to wait around seven days,” Anirban said through a public health specialist in Swasthya Bhawan.
In Kolkata, the case began to touch 200-mark on October 13, which Ashtami.
Since then, the count has been above 200.
Of the 1,591 active cases in Kolkata on October 13, the number rose to 2,087 on Wednesday.
“The surge in this amount is expected because people have violated all Covid rules during the festival.
And with Diwali and Times Puja superior, we should not be surprised by further escalation in a positive Covid number,” said Deb Kishore Gupta-infectious disease control specialist.
On Wednesday, Bengal reported 973 new cases, the 273 came from Kolkata.
24 North Pargana, which has become the center of the earthquake with Kolkata during the second surge, reported 159 cases.
Although the overall lifespan of the country is still below 2%, Sero supervision reports recently by the Ministry of Health revealed that the peposititist higher than 3% was four districts.
“For the district, we can begin to see a sharp surge event such as Puja and Puja Jagaddhatri because of the mixing of people where the amount of vaccinated is lower than in the city,” through through.
However, the Ministry of Health, continues to drive inoculation drives even during the festival.
“We must adopt all the behavior that matches Covid even if we have received a vaccine because there are still risky populations, especially parents and children who have not been vaccinated,” Gupta said.
Health care experts hope that vaccine coverage will act as a shield on a sharp surge as during the second wave.
“We keep all our Covid infrastructure ready because we might experience further increases not only in the city, but in some districts too,” said a senior health department official.