Only six of the city&rsquo;s 24 administrative wards have reported <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/news/world-news/article/covid-19-in-china-it-is-business-as-usual-albeit-with-adherence-to-protocol-say-indian-students-23262874" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Covid</a> cases in the past week. Experts told mid-day that, in their opinion, Mumbai is free of the deadly strain of the virus.
According to <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-news/article/mumbai-locals-fume-as-bmc-plans-to-axe-19-trees-23268069" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">BMC</a> data, in the past seven days, Andheri West reported three Covid cases while Colaba, Chembur, Bhandup, Goregaon and Bandra have reported only one each.
While the city&rsquo;s Covid count hit 20,000 a day in January 2022, in the past 10 days, there were two days when Mumbai didn&rsquo;t record a single case. Some of the 18 wards that didn&rsquo;t report a single case from January 23 to 30 are K-East, R Central, R South and P North, which had reported 75,754, 72,018, 67,563 and 65,425 cases since the dawn of the pandemic.
A senior civic health official said, &ldquo;We are reporting fewer cases but it doesn&rsquo;t mean we can declare Mumbai Covid-free. It definitely indicates that the current situation is under control and the virus is behaving like the normal flu.&rdquo;
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Of Mumbai&rsquo;s eight active Covid-19 cases, three patients have been hospitalised, two are in the ICU and one is in the general ward. The rest are asymptomatic.
Dr Vasant Nagvekar, state Covid task force member, said, &ldquo;The Covid count is very low. As of now, we can say that we are free of the deadly strain that was taking a toll on Mumbaikars two years ago. Patients who have flu symptoms are being tested for Covid-19 but their results are negative.&rdquo;&nbsp;
Dr Gautam Bhansali, physician at Bombay Hospital, said, &ldquo;Covid is not a concern at all. However, people should take precautions if they have flu symptoms irrespective of which disease they are suffering from. We can&rsquo;t say that Mumbai is Covid-free until the WHO declares it so but in my opinion, the city is free of the deadly coronavirus that was taking lives in the first and second waves.&rdquo;
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