In Chandigarh, 50% Covid patients are young adults

Naina Mishra

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, April 6

Of the total 18 Covid-positive patients in Chandigarh, nine belonged to the age group of 21-30 years, implying the prevalence of the virus mostly in young adults in the city.

Over 50 per cent of the patients from the city belonged to the age group of 20-30 years while 27 per cent are between 31 and 40-year-old. Prof PVM Lakshmi, an epidemiologist at the Community Medicine and School of Public Health, PGIMER, said, “It is the youngsters who meet maximum people, hence the chances of transmission are higher in this age group.”

The first patient in the city, a 23-year-old woman from Sector 21, had come in contact with her brother, who further came in contact with a 21-year-old youth from Sector 38 and a 23-year-old from Sector 19.

Patients above 30 years were found to be infected with the virus after coming in contact with their family members. The 48-year-old mother of the first patient and their 30-year-old cook had got infected from her daughter.

Another example is that of a 22-year-old youth from Sector 30, who had returned from Dubai on March 11. He had come in contact with his two 23-year-old friends, who also tested positive for the virus.

His 40-year-old mother had also tested positive after coming in contact with him.

The youngest patient in the city is a nine-month-old child of an NRI couple and the oldest patient is the grandmother of the baby. Both are currently undergoing treatment at the PGIMER.