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Pune: Covid positivity rate dips below 18% in Baramati

PUNE: The Covid positivity rate in Baramati, one of the worst-hit tehsils in rural Pune during the second wave of the pandemic, has come down to 17.
8% from 35.
1% since April 15.
“Restrictions were imposed gradually from April 15 onwards to a point where only home delivery of milk, groceries, gas cylinders, among other essential items were allowed between 7am and 11am.
There was an effective curb on movement of people for non-essential purposes.
All this showed in the decline in the tehsil’s positivity rate,” the tehsil health officer Dr Manoj Khomne said.
“Now, we are conducting rapid antigen tests in villages where 10 or more cases have been reported earlier, to see if there are any individuals with symptoms and we are then conducting more tests (RT-PCR) and treating them,” he said.
The tehsil administration had conducted door-to-door survey in 25 hotspot villages, which had 10 or more active cases.
“Apart from that we had identified 25 high alert villages, which had over 30 active Covid cases and were reporting cases daily.
We conducted tests, surveys and could identify Covid-19 patients at an early stage and contain the virue spread in these villages,” he added.
Dadasaheb Kamble, the sub-divisional officer of Baramati, said, “Our endeavour is to improve the situation further.
Around 30 to 40 ventilator beds and over 200 oxygen beds are vacant.
This would help us improve the recovery and fatality rate too.

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