With continuous surge in the Covid-19 positive cases in Chandigarh, the recovery rate now stood at poor 14.2 percent in the city, much lower than the national average of around 30 percent. 12 fresh cases were reported on Friday taking the total number to 147 in the city.
Out of fresh cases, 10 were reported from Bapu Dham colony (BDC) and one each from Maloya and Sector 27.
With 125 active cases, the number of cases now stood at 147 in the city. Out of total cases, 21 patients have recovered from the virus and being discharged from the hospital while one death has been reported.
BDC has so far reported 87 cases, Maloya reported two cases and Sector 27 reported its first positive cases on Friday.
“A 35 years old female, residents of Sector-27 has been reported as positive for Covid-19. She has eight household contacts and four community contacts,” stated the Chandigarh Health Department’s media bulletin.
The female was working as a maid at the Sector 27 resident.
“A 20 years old female, resident of Maloya has also been reported as positive. She has three family contacts at Maloya and eight family contacts in colony no. 4. She has 35 community contacts in Maloya,” the bulletin stated.
10 cases have been reported from BDC Sector-26 as Covid-19 positive and all these are community contacts of already diagnosed positive case in the area.
“Eight more family contacts of a positive case of BDC was sampled and he has 35 community contacts in the area,” the bulletin added.1913 samples have been tested so far in the city. Report of 18 samples was awaited till the filing of this story.
The Chandigarh Administration has so far declared six containment zones including entire BDC, part of Sector 30-B, Kacchi Colony, Dhanas, part of Shastri Nagar, Part of Sector 38 and Part of Sector 52 in the city.
While relaxations have been allowed during lockdown in the non-containment zones in Chandigarh from 7 am to 7 pm post May 4, the containment zones remain sealed and only government staff related to essential services are allowed to enter these areas.