Kolkata: The second surge in Covid is massive, which claims many lives throughout the country, is in Wane in Bengal with the level of pepositives that fall below 3%.
It has increased by 31% in May when the second wave is at its peak.
Health experts say the decline in tariffs is a positive sign but the state and citizens still need to keep the representative to prevent reappear.
The level of participants fell to 2.7% on Wednesday when the country reported 1,478 new cases.
This is the lowest positive level that has been achieved by Bengal in about a year.
“Being in a secure zone, we have to fight for prolocance to slide below 5%.
Now, under 3% is a very encouraging sign,” said Senior Doctor Sukherjee Sukherjee, who is also a member of the Bengal Global Advisory Board for Covid’s response -19.
The level of participants began to climb from April about the two digits.
With the number of cases subject to steadily, the rate of infection swelled to 31% on May 1, which was recorded the highest during the entire pandemic.
It continues to sway between 20% and 30% until the third week of May before starting to decline and drop below 3% in just a month.
“The positivity in our lab between April and may have jumped to 40% upwards on a good number of days.
But now it’s only about 3%.
Unlike the first wave, the surge at the top this time is sharp and fast because it also decreases to the highlands too fast , “said the microbiologist for the Bhaskar Narayan Chaudhuri Hospital.
While the highest new cases that have been recorded in the country during the first wave are 4,157, reported on October 22, the second wave saw the number shooting up to 20,846 on May 11.
The level of pepositives on that day is 29%.
“The rate of infection finally settled below 3%.
But we need to speed up and expand the coverage of our vaccination so that we can prevent other waves from this magnitude,” said ID Hospital Belaghata specialist infectious diseases Yogiraj Ray.
But health experts warn of collaboration to maintain to keep and not live in the sense of false security when the virus can attack anytime.
“It is good to see that the pioneering level of the test slowly falls in the state.
But we need to check regularly whether this level of progress remains the same or decreases in all districts, if not, this can cause a sense of satisfaction wrong.
At the same time , symptomatic patients should not delay covid testing.
If this parameter is taken care of, we can conclude that the second wave is in a downward phase, “said a public health specialist in Swasthya Bhawan Anirban through.
Mukherjee said the country needs to keep a watch close to the 200-plus MIRCO detention zone and also has a zone break-up-wise at the front level for better monitoring.
“Even when the Delta variant plus found in some countries is a concern I believe the third wave will not be the same as the second wave of the vaccination drive,” Chaudhuri said.