Cases drop beneath 50 however Ganjam stands proud like a sore thumb

By Express News Service

BHUBANESWAR: Even as new Covid-19 instances dropped beneath 50, the bottom in additional than a yr, Ganjam district appears to be transferring in the other way with instances in double digits for the final one week.

The State on Sunday reported 45 recent instances from 16 districts with 14 others having zero infections within the final 24 hours. Nine districts registered just one case every. This was the bottom single-day depend since January 2021. 

With 67 recoveries on the day, the energetic instances additionally got here right down to 560, the bottom since March final yr. Active instances stood at 557 on March 15, 2021. However, no loss of life has been recorded for the final couple of days. 

While the Covid state of affairs has improved throughout the State with the general take a look at positivity price (TPR) declining to 0.16 per cent (computer), Ganjam district recorded a most 11 instances with a positivity price of 0.76 computer. 

The variety of day by day infections had soared to 105 on March 17 from 80 the day gone by as Ganjam contributed 32 instances alone. Since then, the coastal district has been registering a median of 13 instances day by day. 

The recent instances in Ganjam have additionally left the district well being officers perplexed. Ganjam CDMO Dr Uma Shankar Mishra stated all instances are asymptomatic and distributed throughout the district. “Some of the samples collected from vulnerable places like crowded markets and people like vendors and mall employees have found to be positive. We are examining the cases. No cluster has been detected,” he stated.

The rise in instances in Ganjam might transform a headache for the district administration because it has allowed Chaitra Yatra at Tara Tarini temple with hundreds of devotees taking part within the month-long annual competition. The competition was held with Covid restrictions and with out devotees in 2020 and 2021.           

Director of Health Services Dr Bijay Mohapatra stated energetic surveillance has been intensified within the State following the advisory from the Ministry of Health in view of the rising instances in some nations. “We are now focusing on the precautionary dose and vaccination of teenagers. Districts have been asked not to become complacent,” he added.