Pune: KCB officials claim decline in positivity rate in civil areas

PUNE: The Khadki Cantonment Board (KCB) authorities have claimed that the Covid-19 positivity rate in their civil areas has come down to around 10-12% from 30-40% over the past two weeks.
On the other hand, a surge in cases has been noticed in the military areas which are monitored by the army authorities, the officials said.
“Of the total 220 active cases as on Saturday, 136 are from the army areas and the remaining 84 are from the civil areas,” a senior KCB health official said on the condition of anonymity.
The KCB so far has recorded a total of 1,018 cases, of which, 770 have been discharged, 28 succumbed to the virus and 220 are active cases.
Pramod Kumar Singh, chief executive officer of KCB, said, “This trend in civil areas is very encouraging. Despite opening the market for six days a week, we have not recorded a surge in cases. We have been focusing on contact tracing and we have roped in ten more teams for the task.”
Singh said that there were 37 patients being treated at the Babasaheb Ambedkar Khadki Cantonment Board Hospital, which has a capacity of 70 beds. “Our Covid care centre is currently empty. About 250 patients are still in home quarantine, while 2,202 patients have completed their quarantine period,” he said.
The KCB authorities have been creating containment zones very consistently. “This too has helped us immensely to contain the spread of the virus,” Singh added.