After recording a Test Positivity Rate (TPR) below five per cent on Friday, the city witnessed a rise on Sunday with the TPR hitting 6.13 per cent. It also saw a rise in cases and reported 1,431 fresh infections and 49 Covid-19 related deaths over the past 24 hours. For the first time since the second wave hit the state, on May 20 the TPR had gone below 5 per cent and on May 21 it was 4.28 per cent.

On May 18, the city for the first time in the second wave, had registered daily new Covid-19 cases below 1,000. However it saw a significant rise in cases and fatalities later in the week. The city had reported the highest number of cases (11,163) on April 4 and then it started to decline. There has been a steady fall in the TPR after May 5. It fell below 6 per cent on Saturday. On May 5 the TPR was 10.96 per cent. Last week, the TPR went below 7 per cent.