Corona cases have gone up in Salt Lake and adjoining areas, including Teghoria, Kaikhali and parts of Rajarhat, over the past couple of weeks. Fresh cases are being reported from all three sectors of Salt Lake.

An FD Block resident said that at least four neighbours had tested positive for Covid-19 in the past few days.

Piyush Agarwal, the resident, said that all those who had tested positive were now in self-isolation in their respective houses.

A resident of EE Block said that a 72-year-old neighbour had tested positive for Covid-19 after he went for a rapid antigen test (RAT). The resident had himself undergone a rapid antigen test a few days back and had tested positive.

Another resident of CJ Block said that several of her neighbours were in home quarantine.

An official of the Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation’s health department said that the number of people in home quarantine had gone up manifold over the past few days.

The number of people in Salt Lake hospitals has also increased but since a lot of people from outside also get admitted here, the official said that they could not confirm whether they were all residents of Salt Lake, Rajarhat and the immediate neighbourhood.

Another official said that the Covid curve in areas under the Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation would flatten out once the transmission rate dropped to 1 per cent and the number of new cases would start to decline gradually once the rate fell below 1 per cent.

Despite the rise in the number of cases, only Duttabad remains a containment area where the restrictions like social distancing and wearing of masks in public are hardly maintained.

Till Wednesday, the total number of Covid-19 patients stood at around 7,500. Around 50 persons have died due to the disease. “We are doing everything we can to stop the spread,” said a civic official.