No new case in UT after 3 weeks; PGI sends 6 patients home, most in a day
CHANDIGARH : No new Covid-19 case was reported in the city for the first time in the last three weeks on Thursday, with six more recoveries, the highest ever for the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER).
This has brought down the number of active cases in Chandigarh to 151 with the total count at 191. The tally includes 37 patients discharged from hospitals and three fatalities.
RECOVERY RATE IMPROVES, UP 19.3%
With this, the recovery rate of the city has improved by over three percentage points in the one last week from 16.2% on May 7 to 19.3% on May 14.
Chandigarh, which appeared to be doing well on April 23 with a recovery rate of 51%, which was more than double the national average, registered a fall to 16.2% exactly two weeks later on May 7 because of a spike in cases, mainly from Bapu Dham Colony in Sector 26. As many as 122 persons have been infected there with one fatality reported.
Thursday also marked the highest number of recoveries in a single day for PGIMER with six patients discharged. They included three women aged 55, 35 and 23 and one man aged 62, all from Sector 30. Of the two other men, one aged 32 was from Bapu Dham Colony and the other, a healthcare worker at PGIMER, from Mullanpur, Punjab.
The six patients discharged on Thursday were visibly moved as they walked out of the hospital, some close to tears while expressing gratitude to the hospital’s Covid-19 team.
“I can vouch after my experience as a patient here that the PGIMER team is far ahead of others in its commitment towards patient care and compassion for patients. I am going home grateful and indebted,” said the hospital’s healthcare worker.
All the patients discharged will be home quarantined for 14 days as per protocols to be followed by all Covid-19 patients.
Meanwhile, Mohali and Panchkula also reported no fresh case on Thursday. Mohali reported its last case on May 10 and has 105 cases so far, while three have succumbed to the virus. In Panchkula, the last case was reported on Tuesday when the tally was 23.