COURTESY HT JULY 22
102 Covid cases in a day in tricity
BIGGEST SINGLE-DAY SPIKE: Tricity’s tally now stands at 1, 670, of which 618 are active cases
HT Correspondents
chandigarh@hindustantimes.com
Chandigarh/Panchkula/Mohali : With 102 new cases, tricity recorded its highest single-day spike in Covid-19 infections on Tuesday. At 65, the maximum number of cases came from Panchkula followed by 23 in Mohali and 14 in Chandigarh. The previous single-day spike in the tricity was on July 17 when 88 cases were detected.
34 PARAMILITARY MEN AMONG FRESH CASES IN P’KULA
Panchkula recorded 65 new cases on Tuesday, taking the tally to 345. This includes 18 cases that were detected late in the evening after the daily bulletin was released by the Panchkula health authorities.
The rapidly spreading infection among the paramilitary men is one of the main reasons behind Panhkula’s shooting numbers. On Tuesday, 34 paramilitary men—18 from Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and 16 from the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) tested positive. “Till date, 30 ITBP personnel and 32 CRPF men have tested positive in the district,” said Panchkula civil surgeon Jaspreet Kaur.
The rest of the infected persons are civilians.
7 HEALTH WORKERS Infected IN UT
In Chandigarh hospitals, seven health workers have contracted the infection. These include a resident doctor and five nurses of the Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER) and one resident doctor of Government Medical College and Hospital, Sector 32.
The 28-year-old PGIMER doctor is a resident of Sector 9, while three nurses are roommates who live in Sector 15. The remaining two nurses are residents of Punjab. The GMCH doctor is a resident of Sector 32.
Six new cases are contacts of previously diagnosed cases---two women, aged 45 and 66, from Daaria, and four people, including a toddler of one-and-a-half, from Sector 41.
Besides these, a 31-year-old man from Behlana, a nine-year-old child from Sector 29 and a 72-year-old man from Sector 9 tested positive.
With this, the number of active cases in UT stands at 221.
TWO MORE COPS FROM GHARUAN POLICE POST TEST POSITIVE
Two more policemen from Gharuan police post were among the 23 new Covid-19 cases confirmed in Mohali on Tuesday, taking the district count to 574.
The two male constables are aged 46 and 47. On Sunday, three other cops had tested positive, following which public dealing was suspended at the police post.