NOW, SAMPLE COLLECTION AT HOME

CHANDIGARH: The UT adviser on Monday said all private laboratories have been permitted to pick up samples for Covid-19 testing from homes of clients. The city has three private laboratories that can conduct Covid testing: SRL Diagnostic Laboratory, Atulaya Healthcare and Metropolis Healthcare.

reached 1,001 on Monday, with 408 cases still active.

Till July 31, there were 561 cases in the district. The remaining 440, which include 21 people deported from the US, have surfaced within just 10 days. As many as 590 patients have recovered so far while three have succumbed to the disease.

On Monday, majority of the infections were reported from urban pockets.

Sector 9 accounted for 12 cases while 10 people from Sector 10 tested positive too. Four cases each surfaced in Sectors 15 and 20 and three each in Sector 25 and Mansa Devi Complex’s Sector 5. The remaining were spread across the district, including Kalka and Pinjore.

Meanwhile, even as the number of cases is shooting up in the district, Panchkula police have decided to observe two-day “mask challan mukt divas”, wherein instead of issuing fines for not wearing masks, cops will distribute free masks to the violators and educate them about its importance.