74 tested positive every hour in Indore in the 1st week of May

INDORE: As many as 74 people tested positive for Covid-19 every hour in the first seven days of May in Indore, shows an analysis of official records.
Interestingly, it was just 58 new infections in an hour in April, which reported as many as 42,000 new coronavirus cases. The records of the CMHO office showed that in first week of May, the district reported 12,481 new cases.
Dr Anil Dongre, district contact tracing officer in-charge said, “The new cases have risen in Indore district in the first week of May because of the massive spread of the virus in last weeks of April, which was before the imposition of the total lockdown.”
“But since the lockdown was imposed in the district and two weeks have passed, there are good chances of the viral infection fading away gradually”, said Dr Dongre.
MGM dean Dr Sanjay Dixit said, “The cases were showing an increase in the first week of May because of the last leg of the cyclic peak leading to surge in cases in the second wave.”
“But, because of the two weeks of lockdown, it is possibly going to decrease in upcoming days,” said Dr Dixit.
People, however, have to remain very cautious because the virus is still around and proper precautions, including masking and social distancing norms should be followed,” said Dr Dixit. “People also must get themselves vaccinated”, he added.
The records also suggest that fatality rate has also increased with seven deaths per day in the first week of May, which stood at six in April.