Pune: 50,000 cases likely by Aug 15, PCMC to focus on ‘super spreaders’ to curb spread of infection
Pune: 50,000 cases likely by Aug 15, PCMC to focus on ‘super spreaders’ to curb spread of infection "We have around 19,000 cases now. Our doubling rate is 12 days... we expect 50,000 cases by August 15 as we also expect to increase our testing," PCMC Municipal Commissioner Shravan Hardikar told The Indian Express. Struggling to stop the spread of coronavirus , the Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation on Thursday said by the end of August 15, the number of cases in the twin city will reach 50,000. “We have around 19,000 cases now. Our doubling rate is 12 days… we expect 50,000 cases by August 15 as we also expect to increase our testing,” Municipal Commissioner Shravan Hardikar told The PCMC chief said during the 10-day lockdown period earlier this month, the administration had stepped up testing. “From nearly 1,000 samples, we had started testing 3,000 samples every day. During this time, the doubling rate had increased from nine days to 11 days,” h...