Mohali crosses 600 mark with highest single-day jump of 36 Covid-19 cases

MOHALI : With 36 new Covid-19 cases cropping up, Mohali breached the 600 mark on Wednesday.

Since the district reported its first case on March 20, it took over three months to cross 300 cases on July 5. But, thereon, the cases doubled to 600 in just 17 days.

Mohali now has 610 cases. With 379 recoveries and 12 deaths, 219 cases remain active.

Civil surgeon Dr Manjit Singh said most of the recent patients were contacts of positive patients or had travel history. “We will be taking samples of the patients’ family members. Most of them are asymptomatic and are responding well to the treatment at Gian Sagar Hospital in Banur,” he said.

“We are fully prepared and equipped to address the challenge posed by the increasing number of patients. Requisite manpower and equipment is in place, and saving lives is our primary focus,” said deputy commissioner Girish Dayalan.

Majority of the cases were reported at the Kharar sub-division.

These included four men, aged 72, 30, 23 and 21, from Kharar town.