With people of some areas violating the lockdown norms, Kolkata continued to give goose pimples to the State administration even as State Chief Secretary Rajiva Sinha on Thursday said though the general situation of the State’s corona affected districts had improved City of Joy continued to remain a matter of concern.
Though large parts of the city had been sealed by the police there were at least 150 pockets where the people were not taking the lockdown as seriously as they should have taken it Government sources said.
“Though nine districts of the state are in the green zone and 11 more districts have come to the orange zone and we expect them to come out of that in the coming days parts of Kolkata continue to remain a challenge for the administration,” he said adding the “Government is taking measures to control the situation in these areas.”
Out of the four districts of Kolkata, Howrah, East Midnapore and North 24 Parganas that he mentioned East Midnapore and North 24 Parganas were showing signs of improvement “even Howrah is being managed … but Kolkata Municipal Corporation area continues to bother” he said.
Bengal recorded its highest number of cases on Thursday with 58 new infections being reported, Sinha said adding however that 24 people had been cured and discharged on the same day. The total number of active cases stood at 334 after the Thursday’s new infections and discharge. He also said that 103 patients had so far been cured and 15 people had died of the disease in the State.