6.3 lakh under home isolation: BMC data

Mumbai: There has been an increase in the number of Covid positive cases in the city since February, and an increase in the number of people in the home quarantine.  There are currently 87,698 cases in the city and 6.34 lakh citizens are engaged in domestic work.  As of February 10, it was 61,043. Since 90% of active cases are from second-tier gated societies and high places, patients and their contacts have symptoms or mild symptoms and choose to pursue home isolation because they have a separate room and toilet.

BMC said the death toll had dropped to 0.03 per cent since February 10, when 2.66 lakh positive cases were added.  In the last 70 days, 953 civilians have died due to Covid-19.  The mortality rate (between February 10 and April 20) was 0.03 percent (average 13 deaths).  Our Maje Kuttumb, Maji Jawabdar campaign, fines for people without masks and healthcare system helped us,”said Iqbal Singh Chahal, Municipal Commissioner. 

By comparison, the death rate in the state during the same period was 0.51 per cent.  Although the mortality rate during this period was less than one per cent, the death toll rose to a mere number.  The daily death toll from the virus has dropped to a single digit since February this year.  However, since April 14, the number of deaths has risen between 43 and 58 per day. 

Chahal added that the death reports from Mumbai have not been settled with the death squad.  In April last year, when 60 per cent of deaths in Mumbai were over 6 per cent in the state, a five-member committee was formed to formulate procedures and guidelines for analysing each Covid-19 death.  

A special nine-member committee was formed for the city. 79 per cent (69,219 cases) of Covid-19 cases currently active in the city are asymptomatic and do not require hospitalization.  Asymptomatic patients are either in home isolation or in detention facilities.  The BMC said the ratio between asymptomatic and symptomatic cases was stable between February 10 and 80:20.