Even as the city is witnessing a slow surge in daily Covid-19 cases since mid-April, BMC says there is no need for Mumbaikars to worry as yet as the rate of hospitalisation remains very low. Of the 1,887 cases reported in the month, only 65 required hospitalisation. Currently, only 20 Covid beds are occupied in the city.

“Even though cases increased slightly, more than 90 per cent of the cases are asymptomatic and very few needed hospitalisation. The death toll was also on the lower side,” said Dr Mangala Gomare, executive health officer of the BMC. Another senior civic official said that Covid-19 has now become endemic and it will soon become like any other virus.