The State Capital now accounts for nearly 16 per cent of total Covid-19 deaths in the State.With fluctuations thereafter, the daily caseload on July 14 was 327. The daily new cases detected on June 21 stood at 246. From June 21 to July 14, the graph remained static.The most crucial observation is: the number of daily new cases in the city has hit a plateau after a consistent downslope.The R0 value remained above 1 (1.03), 72 hours after the relaxations were announced on June 16.The gap between daily confirmed new cases and recovered has been narrowing down in July.The major epidemiological indicators of concern are given below. This heightens the risk of Covid-19 transmission in the State.ĭespite topping the country in the indicator of proportion (24%) of the population fully vaccinated, the city is contributing around 20 per cent of the State burden in new cases and active caseload. The point of concern, therefore, is vaccinated individuals cannot brace up with the severity of the disease, but they have enough viral load (as suggested by Ct value of 29 or less) to become a super spreader. 'Laboratory data shows that for SARS-CoV-2, Ct values of 29♳ (steel surface) or 29♵ (plastic surface) correlate with the detection of culturable virus, whereas Ct values of 32♵ (steel surface) or 32♷ (plastic surface) correlate with the detection of non-culturable virus,' the Lancet study concludes. Because, as per LANCET and NCBI studies, the SARS-CoV-2 can only be transmitted from a person to another when the Ct (cycle threshold) value remains high. And the big concern is they can spread the virus to others,' Mahapatra cautioned. 'As per the case studies conducted in State Capital Bhubaneswar, a significant chunk of fully vaccinated individuals have been detected positive. While extending the partial lockdown across the State till August 1, State Chief Secretary Suresh Mahapatra has disclosed something very big. Jobs SBI, LIC IOB Invite Applications To Fill Vacancies, Check & ApplyĪlarmed by a rise in R0 (rate of transmission) value in many districts, the Odisha government has pressed the pause button on complete unlock in the State.

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