As the number of COVID-19 positive cases reached 88 in Chandigarh, the densely populated Bapu Dham colony in Sector 26 here continues to remain the epicenter of outbreak of highly contagious disease.
After the first positive case of COVID-19 (Coronavirus) from the Bapu Dham colony was reported on the night of April 24, the “affected pocket” has seen an explosion of infected patients with number recorded at 37 so far and the reports of more infected people continued to pour in till late Friday night.
Chandigarh continues to figure in the new list of 130 COVID-19 red-zone districts released by the Central Government and the doubling rate of Coronavirus cases stood at 4.77 days in the city.
After imposing curfew in the city on March 24 to stem the spread of Coronavirus, the Administration has so far sealed “six affected pockets” including part of Bapu Dham colony (BDC), part of Sector 30-B, Kacchi Colony, Dhanas, part of Shastri Nagar, Part
of Sector 38 and Part of Sector 52.
Out of the total 88 Coronavirus cases, 60 percent cases have been reported from Bapu Dham colony (BDC) and Sector 30 in the city.
The total cases stood at 88 while active cases were 70 and those cured from the Coronavirus included 18, as per the Chandigarh Health Department’s evening bulletin.
As per the mapping of infected cases done by Administration, a maximum of 37 cases have so far been reported from BDC, 16 from Sector 30, five each from Sector 21 and 33, three each from Sector 6, 9, 10 and 12, two each from Sector 19, 49 and one each from Sectors- 15, 18, 35, 29, Dhanas, Maloya, Mauli Jagran, PGIMER and Ram Darbar.
In the past one week, a sharp surge in the number of COVID-19 patients is witnessed in the city with 60 fresh cases reported. 1252 samples have been tested for Coronavirus in the city till now, according to the Health Department’s bulletin.
As a precautionary measure, 3530 residents have been put under home quarantine till now, out of which 1945 have completed the quarantine period.
UT Health-cum-Home Secretary Anil Kumar Gupta told The Pioneer that the doubling rate of Coronavirus cases is 4.77 days in Chandigarh, which is included in the list of red-zone by Central Government.
HARYANA REPORTS 18 FRESH CASES, TOTAL 357
With 18 new corona virus cases, the total number of positive Covid-19 cases has risen to 357 in Haryana. Of these, 112 patients are active corona virus cases, and a total of 241 patients have been discharged as of Friday.
According to the State government’s health bulletin, 18 fresh cases were reported from Gurugram, Sirsa, Faridabad, Sonepat, Jhajjar districts. The worst affected districts of the state with maximum number of positive cases are Faridabad (61), Nuh (58), Gurgaon (57) and Palwal (34).
While hard hit Faridabad reported eight more case, taking the total number of Covid-19 cases in the district to 61, Gurugram district that had so far reported 54 cases over two weeks ago, added three more, taking the tally to 57.
Jhajjar reported 4 more case, taking the tally to 28. Sonepat reported one more case, taking the tally to 26. Two more cases reported in Sirsa, taking the tally to 6.
As many as 30,191 samples have been tested so far, out of which 27, 784 have tested negative. The report of 2, 050 samples is awaited.