Covid: Chandigarh active caseload 125, only five in hospital

Chandigarh, June 1

Even as the number of active cases has breached the 100 mark in the city, the hospitalisation rate remains quite low, as only five patients are admitted to hospitals.

There are 125 active cases in the city and none of them is admitted to the PGI.

Dr Suman Singh, Director, Health Services, UT, said, “Almost all cases are mild and a majority of them are under home isolation. Most of our hospital beds dedicated to Covid patients are empty. Most of the Covid testing is being done at OPDs.”

The Covid positivity rate of the city is 1.58 per cent. There has been no death due to the virus since February 26.

At a time when there were 100 active cases at the onset of the third wave, 22 Covid patients were admitted to hospitals in the city.

The third wave was attributed to the Omicron variant, which was more transmissible than the Delta variant that had triggered the second wave.

When the second wave started in the first week of March last year, the average active cases had remained around 600. In the second wave surge, the health care system in the city was on the edge with hospitals unable to handle the relentless inflow of patients and had run out of intensive care unit (ICU) beds.

Testing mostly done in OPDs: DHS

Almost all cases are mild and a majority of them are under home isolation. Most of our hospital beds dedicated to Covid patients are empty. Most of the Covid testing is being done at OPDs. — Dr Suman Singh, Director, Health Services, UT

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