Witnessing a sudden surge in Covid-19 cases, the union territory of Chandigarh on Wednesday reported 201 fresh positive cases.
Chandigarh, which is a joint capital of Punjab and Haryana is in the Centre’s list of 70 districts, which are witnessing a spike in COVID-19 cases in the country.The number of positive cases has almost doubled in Chandigarh in about one week.The active cases crossed 1300-mark and stood at 1330 in the city till the evening. In a relief, no fresh death was reported in the last 24 hours and the death count was at 359.As per the bulletin, the total case tally reached 23592. 113 males and 88 female residents were found infected with COVID-19 in the last 24 hours. A maximum of 13 fresh cases surfaced in Manimajra. 70 patients have recovered in the past 24 hours taking the total number of recoveries to 21903.
2.84 lakh samples have so far been tested in the city. A total of 2171 tests were conducted in the last 24 hours and the report of 109 was awaited, the bulletin added.
During a review meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Punjab Governor and UT Administrator VP Singh Badnore informed that though the number of Corona cases had reduced drastically in January and February, there has been substantial rise in the cases after that. This has been due to various relaxations given and removal of restrictions on gatherings and other related factors, he said.
He informed that against a population of 12 lakh people, the UT Administration has already conducted 2.80 lakh tests. He also mentioned that 57,000 people have been vaccinated till date. It was submitted that there has been very low wastage of vaccination which is only 2 percent in the union territory.
Badnore asks doctors to send genome samples to Pune to find COVID strain.
After the meeting, the UT Administration directed the doctors to send genome samples to Pune, so that the strain of Coronavirus could be determined. With Chandigarh reporting more than 200 cases in a day, he expressed concern over the sudden surge in cases. Experts have expressed apprehensions that a new strain of COVID could be spreading fast across the region.
