Even as the city’s weekly Covid-19 cases growth rate has gone down from 0.09 per cent to 0.05 per cent since July 1, the highest growth rate was recorded by D ward, which includes Malabar Hill, Peddar Road, Tardeo and Girgaum areas among others. Also, the lowest populated ward in the city – B ward – which includes areas like Masjid and Mohammad Ali Road, has just reported two cases over the past one week. Meanwhile, the number of daily Covid tests conducted in July has been over 30,000 on an average barring six days, when the number dipped.

Civic data further reveals that D ward’s doubling rate is 982 days, but it is the fastest in comparison to the remaining 23 wards despite recording about 170 cases over the past one week. The K West ward continues to record a high number of cases and also has the highest number of active cases in the city, but a doubling rate of 1,223 days.