While cases in the city have come down, the tests have, too. From 50,000 daily, they have reduced to barely 40,000 in the past two weeks. The city saw only 28,000 tests on Monday and 30,000 on Tuesday. Sources said that this could be owing to the laboratories being stretched to the limit and that a higher number of tests was also leading to delayed test results.

According to the civic body’s dashboard, there were about 56,000 tests reported on April 13, the highest mark for the city so far, after which the number started dropping. Before March, the number of tests was hardly 20,000. This doubled amid the second wave. The city recorded 3,876 cases on Monday and 4,014 cases on Tuesday.