Mumbai keeps eye on numbers as it enters critical phase

MUMBAI: The next six days are going to be crucial for Maharashtra, especially Mumbai, as the COVID-19 trajectory during this period will determine whether the city fares better or faces a situation akin to New York ET spoke to several officials from the state government, health department and Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC). They said Mumbai recording more than 100 cases daily over the past two days is an indication of the virus spread peaking. However, they hoped that the number will start falling over the next week. There is, however, a worrying caveat.
“Studying global trends and the spread of the disease, so far, in Mumbai, we can say that we may possibly even get 200 to 300 cases per day in the next five-six days. We are geared up for that but expect and hope that the numbers will fall after this six-day period.

However, if this peak or surge continues for the next 10 days, then we may see a situation similar to that in Italy or New York,” said a health department official.

In simple terms, the surge will mean the number of cases doubling and tripling. For instance, till two weeks ago, Mumbai was seeing only a handful of cases. It then rose to 50 cases per day and now to more than 100 daily in the last few days.