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Chandigarh reports six new coronavirus cases, taking UT count to 197
All new patients are from hotspot Bapu Dham Colony and family contacts of previous cases
After a gap of four days, Chandigarh reported six new cases of Covid-19 on Monday, taking the total count of infections in the Union Territory to 197.
The new cases comprise three females, aged 10, 29 and 60, and three males, aged 12, 48 and 60, all from the hotspot Bapu Dham Colony in Sector 26. Three patients are from one household, while two are from another family. All are contacts of previous cases, officials said.
Out of 569 tested so far, as many as 128 residents of Bapu Dham, a low-income group colony, have tested positive for coronavirus, accounting for 65% of the total cases in the city and 80% of active cases.
The first case from the congested locality was reported on April 24 when a resident who works as an operation theatre attendant at Government Medical College and Hospital, Sector 32, tested positive following which his family and community contacts were also found infected. The health department has cited non-adherence to social distancing norms as the cause of the outbreak in the colony.
54 recovered so far, active case count stands at 140
Meanwhile, three colony residents were discharged from the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research on Monday after two consecutive negative tests within 24 hours.
This has taken the total number of recovered patients to 54 and active cases to 140.
Those discharged are two men, aged 38 and 40, and a woman aged 19.
“I feel proud to share that the PGIMER’s resolute front-line corona warriors are diligently working round the clock to cure all the patients and send them off fully recovered,” said PGIMER director Jagat Ram.
