As the daily and active cases in Mumbai and Maharashtra witness a decline, experts have attributed this to two factors: the anti-COVID-19 vaccination drive and herd immunity.
Doctors stated that the vaccinations against the coronavirus disease and herd immunity together led to a decline in numbers.
Meanwhile, state surveillance officer Dr Pradeep Awate said the decline in active COVID-19 cases is directly proportional to the number of new infections. This means, the decrease in active cases indicates the decline in the infections. Efforts by the officials to control the virus are bearing the fruit in the form of a lower number of new cases.
In addition, vaccination has played a vital role in the decline in cases and it helped in reducing severity of the disease in infected people. Also, people are developing herd immunity. These factors are hugely responsible for the control of the virus, experts added.
On Tuesday, November 23, Maharashtra recorded 766 fresh coronavirus cases and 19 fatalities from the disease, taking the overall tally of infections to 6,631,297 and the death toll to 140,766.
Whereas, Mumbai recorded 190 new coronavirus cases and one death with its tally of fatalities reaching 16,311.
A total of 87,506 tests were done in the past 24 hours across Maharashtra. At present, the state has a total of 9,493 active cases.
Pune had earlier been leading in terms of the number of active COVID-19 cases for months, followed by Thane. However, due to a recent surge in cases, Mumbai now has the most number of active coronavirus infections.
Of the total active cases, Mumbai has the highest, with 2,561, followed by Pune (2,027) and Thane (1,160).
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