The city has seen a huge drop in active Covid-19 caseload in the past 10 days, official figures showed on Friday. From June 27 to July 7, there has been a decline of 59 per cent in currently infected people. The downward trend was also seen in hospitalisations and patients needing oxygen support.

Dr Prashant Chhajed, director at Lung Care and Sleep Centre, said, “I have seen a downfall in the number of diagnosed cases in the past two weeks. But we are still diagnosing patients, and many of them are diagnosed with self-test kits. Although the number is going down, we need to be careful. Anybody with symptoms of Covid-19 should get tested. People at high risk of contracting infection, like those with low immunity due to comorbidities, need to be extra careful. We also have to continue following the Covid-appropriate behaviour.”