Chandigarh on Wednesday recorded 817 fresh covid-19 infections, taking the city’s tally to 46,793. 14 more people succumbed to the contagion, the highest number of fatalities in a single day since the outbreak. The death count has now reached 532. The active cases were 8363 till the evening, stated Chandigarh’s health bulletin.
As per health bulletin, in the last 24 hours, four women and 10 men died due to Covid-19. A total of 494 male and 323 female residents were tested positive in the last 24 hours. A maximum of 63 cases were reported in Manimajra. 610 patients have recovered from the virus in the past 24 hours taking the total number of recoveries to 37, 898 in the city. 4.23 lakh samples have so far been tested in the city. A total of 3712 tests were conducted in the last 24 hours and the report of 74 was awaited, the bulletin added.
MILD CASES CAN BE MANAGED AT HOME: PGIMER DIRECTOR
At a time when hospitals are inundated with Covid patients due to a massive surge in cases in Chandigarh and neighbouring States including Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan, Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh Uttarakhand, which has also led shortage of ICU beds, oxygen supply in city’s hospitals, PGIMER Director Dr Jagat Ram on Wednesday said that Mild Covid-19 cases can be managed at home.
He said, “Being in the thick of Covid 19, there is so much panic and we see everyone rushing to hospital when tested positive whereas the mild cases can be managed at home and overcrowding in hospitals can be avoided.” Dr Jagat Ram said that the people living in home isolation keep contacting their doctor. Saturation is decreasing to 93 or less, there are conditions like fainting, chest pain, then contact the doctor immediately, the patients who are clinically assigned to be mild /asymptomatic are recommended for home isolation. Falling oxygen saturation, excessive fatigue are warning signs that indicate Covid patients in home isolation need hospitalisation. The medical institute has run out of ICU beds dedicated to Covid-19 patients. “We are admitting only severely critical patients,” he added.
