In 14 days, Faridabad cases mount to 2,932

Bijendra Ahawat

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Tribune News Service

Faridabad, January 9

The district has registered a rise of almost 53.30 times in the number of active cases in the past 14 days. There cases have risen from 55 on December 27 to 2,932 on January 9.

With this, the current positivity rate has shot up to 25.19 per cent, which is more than 25 times.

According to officials concerned, the Health Department has also increased the testing. Revealing that 3,486 persons were tested on Sunday, an official said a total of 11,518 tests had been conducted in the past three days.

Claiming that the surge had been a part of the third wave that began last month, Civil Surgeon Dr Vinay Gupta said while the surfacing of the Omicron variant could not be ruled out as one of the major reasons behind the spike, the failure of the people to abide by the rules or SOPs in a proper manner had also been a prominent cause.

Dr Gupta said wearing masks, social distancing and ensuring proper sanitisation were still the key steps to prevent the surge.

According to the Health Department bulletin, a majority of the fresh cases surfaced in the recent past have been from the urban pockets, while 10 per cent patients are from rural areas.

The district reported 878 new cases on Sunday, which is the highest in the past eight months. While this made the active cases rise to 2,932, the recovery rate has slipped to 96.46 per cent. The number of hospitalised patients is 79, while the Omicron count is 32. The samples of all admitted patients would be sent for the Omicron test, the Civil Surgeon added.