Six fresh positive cases of coronavirus were reported in Chandigarh on Monday taking the total number to 197.
The fresh positive cases have been reported after a gap of four days in the city. All these positive cases were from containment zone of Bapu Dham colony (BDC), which has so far reported 128 positive cases.
While six fresh cases were reported, three patients from BDC were declared cured and discharged from the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research.
The active cases in the city are now 139 while 54 patients have been cured of Coronavirus and discharged from the hospital.
“All new positive cases are family contacts of previous cases and were asymptomatic,” stated the Chandigarh Health Department’s evening bulletin.
“A 10-year old girl from Bapu Dham colony, who is a family contact of another positive case is found to be positive of coronavirus. A 12 years old male child, 26 years old female, 29 years old female, 48 years old male and 60 years old female from BDC have been tested positive of coronavirus,” the bulletin stated.
Eight samples from BDC were tested negative on Monday while the report of 32 was awaited till the filing of this report. 2892 samples have been tested so far in the city. Three deaths related to coronavirus have been reported, the bulletin added.
The city have six containment zones including Bapu Dham colony (BDC), part of Sector 30-B, Kacchi Colony, Dhanas, part of Shastri Nagar (Manimajra), Part of Sector 38 and Part of Sector 52.
THREE PATIENTS DISCHARGED
Three patients including two males aged 38 and 40 and one female aged 19, all residents of Bapu Dham colony were declared cured of Coronavirus and were discharged from PGIMER on Monday.
With two consecutive tests coming negative for all three of them, a pre-condition to declare cured for all Covid-19 patients, it was decided to discharge them.
With the discharge of these three persons from Bapu Dham cluster, PGIMER’s Covid Hospital has to its credit the successful recovery of 56 persons, said an official spokesman of PGIMER.