Centre's Warning To Bengal Amid Rising Covid Cases Post Durga Puja
NDTV
The average daily new cases in Kolkata have been on the rise since the Durga Puja celebrations ended on October 15.
The centre has pulled up the West Bengal government for the rise in number of COVID-19 cases in Kolkata following huge crowds on the streets during the Durga Puja celebrations earlier this month.
The average daily new cases in Kolkata have been on the rise since the Durga Puja celebrations ended on October 15 -- from 217 cases in the week ending October 14 to 272 cases in the week ending October 21, which is a rise of 20-25% in seven days.
Kolkata has reported almost 27 per cent increase in positivity rate in the past week, from 5.6 per cent in the week ending October 14 to 7.1 per cent in the week ending October 21.
Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan wrote to West Bengal health secretary Narayan Swaroop Nigam on October 22 saying that Kolkata is one of the "certain districts in the country that have started showing a worrying trend in daily new cases and positivity rate in recent weeks."
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