Odisha: Experts feel Covid cases will go down below 1,000 by month-end

BHUBANESWAR: The state on Sunday reported 1243 fresh cases from 69,427 samples tested, a positivity rate of 1.79%. The expected fall of daily cases below 1000 has not been possible though the government was optimistic about it in the middle of July. Experts say the virus is behaving according to the people’s changing behaviour, which is why the decline in cases is slow. However, some health experts are optimistic that average daily cases in Odisha will dip below 1000 in another week.
CBK Mohanty, director, medical education and training (DMET), said, “Marginal changes in daily Covid count doesn’t mean the state is heading towards a third wave. It all depends on how the state is prepared to face the pandemic. We have increased testing. Our hospital care is optimal. It’s true in case of Odisha that it is taking a longer time for infections to go down significantly. However, going by the pattern, we can say daily cases should fall below 500 by the end of August or the first week of September.”
On Sunday, Koraput reported zero cases even as Khurda saw 399 infections. It has been reporting around 400 cases daily, which is about 30% of the state’s caseload. While Khurda and Cuttack have above 3% positivity rate, Jagatsinghpur topped with 4.45% on Sunday. Fourteen districts have positivity rate below 1%.
The capital city on Sunday reported 264 new cases against 231 recoveries. Its Covid toll went up to 911 as the government confirmed 69 more deaths after audit. Capital’s active cases rose to 2824 with cumulative infections reaching 1,02,061.
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