Covid cases double in Chandigarh in a week

Naina Mishra

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Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, August 16

Cases of Covid-19 have nearly doubled in the city this week. Compared to 24 cases last week, the cases rose to 47 this week.

‘Precautions must’

A week back, there were eight patients in our institute and now the patient load has increased to 18. We have to take adequate precautions and follow Covid appropriate behaviour. — Prof Jagat Ram, Director, PGI

In the past one week, 0.2 per cent of the samples tested came back positive and the average number of cases stood at four per day. The active cases have also witnessed a rise and have shot up to 43.

Prof Jagat Ram, Director, PGI, said, “A week back, there were eight patients in our institute and now the patient load has increased to 18. Although this number is still low, the patient load has almost doubled. The case multiplication may be slow at the moment, but it may rise exponentially in the time to come. We have to take adequate precautions and follow Covid appropriate behaviour.”

Nine patients were admitted to the Government Medical College and Hospital, Sector 32, till Monday. The hospital had seen zero Covid patients in the previous fortnight. However, the patient load is rising again. The vaccination rate for 18 years and above has reached 102.17 per cent in Chandigarh, while it is 34.49 per cent for the second dose. The Director, Health Services, Dr Amandeep Kang, said, “The cases rise and fall simultaneously, which suggests that vaccination has shown its effect in Chandigarh by keeping the transmission in check. However, people cannot be complacent at the moment because we may see cases rising rapidly.”