Recoveries outdo Covid-19 cases in Mohali for 4th day

Gaurav Kanthwal

Tribune News Service

Mohali, September 11

For the fourth consecutive day, the number of recoveries is more than the new cases reported from the district but the doctors say the surge has not yet ebbed. With the increased testing, the number of new cases has gone up, and so has the number of recoveries.

Today, the district reported 271 recoveries and 204 new cases. On September 10, the number of recoveries were 293 and new cases 275; on September 9, the figures were 351 and 307, respectively; and on September 8, 317 and 168, respectively.

A majority of the discharged patients are those who have been in home isolation for the past 10 days and have shown improvement in their condition. Civil Surgeon Manjit Singh said, “They are further asked to stay in isolation for seven more days as a precautionary measure. The same applies to patients at hospitals.”

“The number of patients being admitted to the hospitals and getting discharged is same,” he added.

While the authorities are trying hard to cope with the surge of patients in hospitals and home isolation, the positivity rate of 10 per cent too has been on the upward swing. “Private laboratories involved in Covid testing are providing us the data on positive cases and not the total samples tested. We have asked them to give complete data. Once we start getting it, we will get the true picture on the positivity rate,” said the Civil Surgeon.

In the tricity, Mohali has the maximum number of deaths (126) so far. Mohali stands fifth in the list of districts with maximum Covid cases and deaths in Punjab.

In numbers

80 persons have volunteered for plasma donation in the past two weeks

10 plasma donations have successfully been made in the district

4 plasma banks in the district — Fortis Hospital, Max Hospital, Ivy Hospital and Grecian Hospital

Plasma donation procedure

A vehicle with a medical team is sent to the donor’s home to collect the blood sample. The sample is examined for the presence of requisite amount of antibodies. The donors of the suitable samples are subsequently contacted for plasma donation.

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