Two kids among 6 from Bapu Dham test +ve

Chandigarh, May 18

After four days of lull, the city saw six new Covid cases, all from Bapu Dham Colony, taking the tally to 197. The city has tested 2,892 samples so far and 20 per cent of these were of Bapu Dham residents.

The positivity rate of Bapu Dham stands at 22.4 per cent today as 128 of 569 samples taken from the area have tested positive for Covid. On May 12, the positivity rate of the colony was 29 per cent.

On the contrary, the city’s positivity rate on Monday was 6.8 per cent.

The number of cases in Bapu Dham accounts for 64.7 per cent of the total cases in the city. The fresh cases reported today include a 10-year-old girl, a 12-year-old boy, two women, aged 29 and 60, and two men, aged 48 and 60. Three patients are from one household while two are from another family. The boy is a contact of a Covid patient.

Meanwhile, three more Covid patients from Bapu Dham were discharged from the PGI today. They are a 19-year-old girl and two men, aged 38 and 40. — TNS