Covid-19: The long, fat tail of second wave in Mumbai Metropolitan Region

Updated On: 25 May, 2021 09:22 AM IST | Mumbai | Prajakta Kasale

Number of cases in the region have stabilised between 3,700 and 3,800, reduction is expected to happen over a long period of time

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People wait in a queue for antigen tests at LTT on Monday. Pic/Sayyed Sameer Abedi

After peaking and then falling sharply within a month, daily Covid-19 cases in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR) have steadied at 3,700 to 3,800. During the first wave too, the reduction in cases happened over a long period of time.

The peak in the second wave came very early as compared to the first wave and the cases came down within a month. The region has been reporting a steady number of cases since last week. The fat, long tail of the pandemic was seen in the previous wave too.