Six positive patients including five from Chandigarh and one from Mullanpur, Punjab were cured and discharged from the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research here on Thursday.
These are the highest number of recoveries in a single day till date and with their discharge, the total number of persons successfully recovered and discharged from PGIMER rises to 37.
Out of six, the four recovered persons were three females aged 55,35 and 23 years and one male aged 62 years were from Sector 30 cluster, one male aged 32 was from Bapu Dham colony Sector 26 and another male, a health care worker with PGIMER, belonged to Mullanpur, Punjab.
Jagat Ram, Director PGIMER, said, “It is a positive indicator that our recovery rate is consistently increasing and is comparable to the best in the country. It also reiterates that the tremendous efforts put in by the PGIMER team is paying rich dividends and I take this opportunity to thank my entire COVID-19 for living up-to the trust reposed in this premier institute.”
Sending a note of caution to the community, the Director added, “We have to learn to live with the virus. The peak is yet to come in June and July and after that as well, it may take long to go. So social distancing, hand washing, wearing mask and avoiding crowds should become a way of life.”