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Panchkula’s daily Covid count drops to zero
Chandigarh tricity area logs just six new coronavirus cases in new low; no death reported for sixth day in a row
In cheer for Panchkula residents and health workers, no new Covid-19 case was reported in the district on Saturday.
On June 21 as well, the district’s daily tally was zero, for the first time since May last year. However, an old untraced case was found and added later that day.
Covid cases have been declining since the beginning of July. However, there has been a slight rise over the last four days, with 4-6 infections being reported.
“The daily count had dropped to 1-2 cases per day, so we were worried about why the cases had started increasing. Contact tracing revealed that all new cases were from one family, who had recently gone out for a dinner with relatives who were Covid positive,” said Dr Mankirat Kaur, spokesperson for the civil surgeon.
She said people must continue to observe Covid-19 appropriate behaviour, like wearing mask, maintaining social distance and frequently sanitising hands.
The doctor also requested patients with symptoms to strictly follow home isolation.
UT, Mohali clock three cases each
With just three cases each from Mohali and Chandigarh, the tricity clocked only six new infections on Saturday, a first in over 15 months.
In more positive news, no virus-related death was reported in the tricity for the sixth consecutive day. So far in July, the tricity has recorded nine deaths, including seven in Mohali and one each in Chandigarh and Panchkula.
The active cases declined from 149 to 131 in the past 24 hours. Besides 20 in Panchkula, Mohali has 58 Covid patients and Chandigarh 53. The daily positivity rate also remained below 0.3% across the tricity.
