60 pc of cases in Navi Mumbai asymptomatic
Total number of positive cases in NMMC area crosses 900-mark
Around 60 per cent of positive cases of coronavirus under the jurisdiction of Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation (NMMC) were asymptomatic, said civic chief Abbasaheb Misal. This has raised concerns for the civic body as the ‘silent spreaders’ may pose danger in days to come. The role of reaching maximum people through a survey becomes important. However, testing each and every person is also not feasible.
Misal added that severe symptoms were seen only among 20 per cent of total cases. “Senior citizens mostly above 60 years were seen with severe symptoms of COVID19.”
Remainder of 20 per cent were observed after mild symptoms like cough and mild fever. Meanwhile, with 54 fresh positive cases of COVID-19, the total number of positive cases in NMMC area reached 910. However, 202 of them have been discharged.
NMMC has said it plans to start providing real-time updates of coronavirus. “We have already created a dashboard to make available realtime data of coronavirus patients, availability of beds, and its allotment which will be made live in a couple of days,” said Misal. He added that the health officer and a deputy municipal commissioner will look after it.
The civic chief has also asked APMC administration to focus on the online transactions to prevent human presence in the market premises. “The APMC Vashi supplies essentials to MMR and it also exports various products. It is very difficult to close the wholesale market. Since it will reopen next week, I have asked APMC administration to focus on the online transaction,” said Misal.
Five teams were already carrying out the disinfection of all five markets of APMC and from Wednesday ten teams were deputed. “We have increased the manpower for disinfection of the market complex and in the next three-four days, the whole market will be disinfected,” said Misal.