KOLKATA: The spike in Covid-19 cases that began from second week of June continues unabated. The positivity rate surged to 14.7% on Friday from 12.9% the previous day while the fresh case count went up to 1,739 from 1,524. Health officials said the next two to three weeks will be crucial as far as the infection spread is concerned.
From a total of 1,100-plus cases for the entire month of May, the count shot up to 10,000 plus in June. In April, the number for the entire month had gone down to just about 900 cases. Despite only about 4% of the about 7,000 active cases being under hospital care, what is concerning to health officials is the rise in ICU admission.
