Around 7,110 coronavirus patients in Gurugram have been cured till Friday. With this the district recovery rate from Covid-19 has increased from 77 per cent to 85 per cent according to data shared by the district administration on Friday.
The total number of coronavirus cases in the city on Friday rose to 8,393 including 127 new cases. The Covid-19 toll has reached 120 in the district including one death on Friday.
Gurugram now has 1,163 active cases and 960 of them are in home isolation, officials added. The health department said out of 120 deaths 82 died due to comorbidities and the remaining 38 without comorbidities.
“Covid testing has been increased in the district to prevent the spread of corona infection. The department is sampling 3,000 tests a day. Which includes both types-Rapid Antigen Test and RTPCR Test. Those patients have been done on propriety. Patients are being treated based on their symptoms,” said Amit Khatri deputy commissioner Gurugram.
Dr Virender Yadav, Civil Surgeon of Gurugram, said, since June 24, around 55,000 rapid antigen tests have been conducted to identify corona patients in the district.
“The most tests have been done in 9 large outbreak regions which have high Covid-19 cases. The area including Rajiv Nagar (east), Om Nagar, Nathupur, Laxman Vihar, Chauma, Patel Nagar, Firoz Gandhi colony, Manesar and Sohna, where the number of patients is much higher,” Yadav said.
Meanwhile police said that 13 thousand challans have been made so far for those who do not wear face masks in the district, from which a sum of Rs 64 lakhs has been recovered as fine from the offenders.
“Contact tracing has been done for around 2,500 people whose mobiles were switched off. Also, at present 30 policemen in the district are corona infected and 110 policemen have been discharged,” said Nitika Gahlaut Deputy Commissioner of Police (headquarters).
Apart from this, Gurugram police on Friday registered a case of negligence against a Sector-37 based Signature hospital for allegedly not providing oxygen support, which led to the death of a 44-year-old Covid positive woman.
A case was registered under Section 304 A (causing death by negligence) of
the IPC at Sector-10A police station after CMO Dr Virender Yadav forwarded a negligence report.
