As Covid-19 cases are seeing a rise, the 20-39 years age group is again making up for a majority of the new cases. Of the 3,962 cases registered between May 21 and June 1 in the city, 1,621 were from this age group. And, 920 of these were from those aged 30-39. Gender and age analysis shows that this is similar to the earlier waves. Youngsters and the working class are the most affected ones. The rate of hospitalisation, however, remains low as most patients are asymptomatic or have mild symptoms.

On Friday, BMC commissioner I S Chahal asked officials to increase the number of daily tests. “The experts from IIT Kanpur predicted the fourth wave in July. Their earlier predictions proved correct, so we should take maximum precaution. The test positivity rate increased to 8 per cent, which is a warning sign. Currently, the number of daily tests is around 8,000 and it should be increased to 30,000,” he said.