Amid festivity, Thane sees a spike in weekly Covid cases

THANE: The lake city has seen a spike in Covid positivity rate over the festive week as the average seven-day ratio here has increased from 1.9% on September 9 to 2.5 recorded on September 16.
Civic data reveals that while 16,396 tests were done in the week ending September 16, 413 or 2.5% tested positive as compared to 439 samples of 22,971 samples or 1.9% hit rate the previous week ending September 9.
The weekly average ratio in Thane has seen a gradual rise from 1.7% on August 12 — a week after the city opened up after lockdown — to 1.9% in the subsequent week. The volume too swelled and touched 2% on September 2. Experts attributed the spike to non-compliance of Covid safety protocol during pre-festive shopping and social visits. Even as the volume of tests done and the number of positive patients are less than last week, the rise in positivity rate needs serious attention, said an expert.