Dharwad: There has been a consistent dip in the number of covid in positive cases Dharwad district and if the trend continues, the Covid curve should flatten by the end of February.
As of February 24, the positivity rate was 0.2% with 54 active cases. Three persons had tested positive for Covid on Thursday while 62 infected persons had been discharged. The district recorded 42 deaths in February while the total number of deaths since the first wave stands at 1,372.
The decline is attributed to the increase in administering the second dose of vaccines and also the preventive (booster) dose.
The district has registered 104 per cent vaccination of first dose, covering 17.99 lakh persons against the target of 14 lakh. As many as 16,00,223 have received the second dose, which is 95% of the target. The booster dose has been administered on 45,855 people.
The district had seen a sudden surge in Covid-19 positive cases in the second week of January and it became a cause of worry for people and the administration as the district which was recording the positivity rate of 0.10% to 0.29% till January 5 had recorded a steep surge in the next 10 days.
On January 25, the positivity rate had reached an alarming 23%.
Surprisingly, there has been a decline in positive cases since February 1. The first day of the month saw a positivity rate of 13.4 per cent and the rate started sliding as the days passed. On February 16, the positivity rate was 1.1% and thereafter it has been less than 1%.
“During the first wave every day, 3300 infected persons used to be admitted to the hospitals. Now this number of has come down drastically. since the Omron affected only the upper part of the respiratory system, people did not require hospitalisation,” said RCHO Dr SM Honakeri.
“Most of the infected were in home isolation and the district administration and Hubballi-Dharwad Municipal Corporation arranged for door delivery of medicines to them. Awareness among the people about the Covid appropriate behavior also added to the dip in positive cases,” Honakeri added.
As of February 24, the positivity rate was 0.2% with 54 active cases. Three persons had tested positive for Covid on Thursday while 62 infected persons had been discharged. The district recorded 42 deaths in February while the total number of deaths since the first wave stands at 1,372.
The decline is attributed to the increase in administering the second dose of vaccines and also the preventive (booster) dose.
The district has registered 104 per cent vaccination of first dose, covering 17.99 lakh persons against the target of 14 lakh. As many as 16,00,223 have received the second dose, which is 95% of the target. The booster dose has been administered on 45,855 people.
The district had seen a sudden surge in Covid-19 positive cases in the second week of January and it became a cause of worry for people and the administration as the district which was recording the positivity rate of 0.10% to 0.29% till January 5 had recorded a steep surge in the next 10 days.
On January 25, the positivity rate had reached an alarming 23%.
Surprisingly, there has been a decline in positive cases since February 1. The first day of the month saw a positivity rate of 13.4 per cent and the rate started sliding as the days passed. On February 16, the positivity rate was 1.1% and thereafter it has been less than 1%.
“During the first wave every day, 3300 infected persons used to be admitted to the hospitals. Now this number of has come down drastically. since the Omron affected only the upper part of the respiratory system, people did not require hospitalisation,” said RCHO Dr SM Honakeri.
“Most of the infected were in home isolation and the district administration and Hubballi-Dharwad Municipal Corporation arranged for door delivery of medicines to them. Awareness among the people about the Covid appropriate behavior also added to the dip in positive cases,” Honakeri added.
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