Centre: Covid curve has plateaued in Chandigarh

Naina Mishra

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, May 7

The Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare today listed Chandigarh among the states/UTs that have shown a “decline or plateau” in the Covid-19 cases.

“Analysing the seven-day moving average, it has been observed that daily cases have been continuously plateauing in Chandigarh,” the ministry said in a media briefing on Covid-19.

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The day-to-day fluctuations in the cases are evened out in the seven-day moving average, informed Dr Rajesh Kumar, former Head of School of Public Health, PGI. Hence, it is an important indicator to understand the trend in the cases, he said.

Dr Amandeep Kang, Director, Health Services, said the doubling rate of infection in the city was 44.5 days.

She also mentioned that 10 mobile testing teams had been deputed to different parts of Chandigarh for facilitating testing. Meanwhile, the hospital occupancy in the city has reached to its full capacity.

PGI Director Dr Jagat Ram today informed that they had 365 Covid cases at PGI, out of which 108 belonged to Chandigarh, 114 to Punjab, 52 to Haryana, 22 to Himachal Pradesh, 18 to New Delhi and 51 to other states. Dr Jagat Ram also mentioned that they had created extra beds by utilising the wards to accommodate Covid patients.

A total of 404 beds have been made available, out of which 76 are ICU beds, he informed.

Dr Jasbinder Kaur, Director Principal, GMCH-32, said they had 332 Covid patients – 46 at Sood Dharamshala, 55 at Dhanwantry Hospital, 74 at Sector 48 hospital and 157 at GMCH-32.

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