No let-up in Bapu Dham: 14 fresh infections surface

CHANDIGARH : As many as 14 new cases of Covid-19) were reported from Chandigarh’s major hotspot Bapu Dham Colony on Saturday, taking city’s case count to 233.

The 161 cases in the colony account for 69% of the city’s total cases. Despite the area being declared a containment zone over a month ago, there has been no respite from the cases, raising questions on measures taken by the administration to contain the pandemic.

Even a report prepared by the community medicine department of PGIMER, Chandigarh, had recommended the administration’s methods in this regard.

Of the 233 cases in the city, 179 people have been discharged so far, leaving 51 active cases.

Those tested positive on Saturday include two males, aged 32 and 17, from one family, and a 24-year-old man, a family contact of a previous positive case.

Three other persons from a family – two females, aged 38 and 36, and an 18-year-old boy – community contacts of a positive case, were also found infected.

Five patients are from another family. They are three males aged 12, 13 and 17, and two females 35 and 15.

Two males, aged 42 and 24, and a 14-year-old girl, are the other cases, also from a single family.

Meanwhile, the health department collected 115 samples from the colony on Saturday.

A two-month-old girl from Sector 25, was discharged from PGIMER on Saturday. With this, the hospital now has just four Covid patients.

Neighbouring Mohali and Panchkula reported no cases.

Of the 105 cases in Mohali district, 102 have been cured and discharged from hospitals, while three patients have succumbed to the virus. Therefore, there is no active case in the district now.

Panchkula has had 25 positive cases, of which 23 have been cured. There is one active case, which is being treated at the civil hospital. Another patient, who was suffering from cancer, died shortly after testing negative, five days after she was found infected.

BAPU DHAM COLONY HAS RECORDED 161 CASES TILL NOW, WHICH ACCOUNTS FOR 69% OF THE CITY’S (233) TOTAL CASES