Chandigarh sees no new case in five days

Chandigarh, April 7

The city has not reported any new Covid case for the past five days.

It was on April 2 that the city saw the last positive case. A 59-year-old woman and her 10-month-old granddaughter, both contacts of Sector 33-A-based NRI couple, had tested positive. So far, 18 cases have been reported in the city and seven of them have recovered.

Has UT flattened the curve?

The PGI Director, Prof Jagat Ram, said, “It is a good thing that no new positive case has been reported in the city for the last five days. There is a surge in Covid cases in Punjab, which is quite worrisome. We are very confident that we will win this battle.” He said, “Chandigarh is doing well as there is no significant increase in cases. The Covid curve has flattened in the city.”

Dr Roosy Aulakh of the GMCH said, “Flattening of curve means that there will be patients, but the cases at one point of time will not exceed the number of health care facilities.”

“It is too short a time to say we have flattened the curve. The 21-day time was for the contacts already got infected and they would have shown symptoms in the incubation period. Once we lift the curfew, the situation can change and we will see whether there could be rise in cases,” Dr Aulakh added. — TNS