Chandigarh active cases cross 1K mark again

Naina Mishra

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, March 13

The active cases in the city have increased 52 per cent in a week and 170 per cent since the end of February. The active cases in the city rose to 1,032 today. The UT has again crossed the 1,000 mark after a gap of 90 days.

Chandigarh sees 144 cases, one death

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Chandigarh: The city recorded 144 new cases of Covid-19 on Saturday. The new infections took the number of active cases to 1,032. The city has recorded 22,976 cases so far. There was a fresh fatality due to the virus in the city on Saturday. A 51-year-old woman suffering from hypertension, heart and kidney problems died at the Government Medical College and Hospital in Sector 32. TNS

Chandigarh going Punjab way

The infection is spreading rapidly in the city just like Punjab. It is very difficult to isolate so many people travelling from Punjab to Chandigarh. One of the possible reasons for the rise in the number of Covid cases is reopening of schools and colleges, as children became the carriers of infection. — Dr Amandeep Kaur Kang, Director, Health Services, UT

The seven-day positivity rate has also crossed 6 per cent, which is the second-highest in the country.

Chandigarh had recorded more than 100 cases in a day for the first time on August 17, which also marked the beginning of the first peak of the infection in the city.

In less than a month, the single-day cases reached 449 (September 13). At that point of time, Chandigarh had 3,171 active cases. The pandemic grew slower thereon as fresh cases started to decline.

From October to December, the single-day cases ranged between 70 and 120. The city had witnessed more than 100 fresh cases in a single day last time on December 8 when 126 people had tested positive.

On February 11, the UT saw 13 cases, the lowest in a day. However, the months of January and February had witnessed cases between 20 and 70 in one day.

The Covid-19 cases have seen a sudden spurt at the onset of March. In just 13 days, the city has recorded 1,206 infections. This is much higher in comparison with the last 13 days of February when only 506 cases had come to the fore, implying that the infection has grown by 138 per cent.

“In order to check the Covid-19 transmission, at least 70 per cent of the population should have been immunised and this will take time till September. Everyone should be immunised as it will reduce fatality and halt the transmission,” said Dr Amandeep Kaur Kang, Director, Health Services, UT.

2,558 vaccinated

As many as 2,558 persons were inoculated in the city on Saturday. Among them, 1,473 were senior citizens while 306 were in the age group of 45-60 with underlying diseases.