One of the worst-hit wards in the city during the second wave, K West, which at one point was reporting almost 900 cases a day, recorded just 98 positive cases earlier this week. Even at this time, last year, K West was recording an extremely high number of cases, primarily from slum pockets and chawl areas.

Vishwas Mote, assistant municipal commissioner of the ward, said, “We were recording 900 cases at one point during the second wave. The average number of cases at the time was anywhere between 600-700 per day. However, we have managed to flatten the curve in the ward because we follow clear cut SOPs when it comes to oxygen and bed management, as well as when it comes to tracing high-risk contacts. Both these things put together have had a cumulative effect in bringing the numbers down.”