Gurugram records 444 new Covid cases; positivity rate dips to 9.7%

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GURUGRAM: The city reported 444 new cases of Covid on Saturday, a marginal dip of 7% from the previous day when 480 cases were recorded.
The test positivity rate also came down to 9.7% from 10.5% on Friday.
The active cases have gone to 1,770, of which 13 patients are hospitalised while the rest are in home isolation.
“The recent cases have been of the Omicron variant. However, with the surge in new cases, we have now sent 44 samples for genome sequencing to check the variant. We are going to further see the increasing trend in new cases,” Virender Yadav, chief medical officer said.
The health department official said that testing has been ramped up and will further be increased in the coming days. In the last 24 hours, 4,570 samples were tested in Gurugram . “We have ramped up testing and have done random sampling especially in the border areas of the city including Kherki Dhaula, Sadar Bazar, metro stations, Khandsa mandi etc. The testing camps have also been increased,” Jai Prakash, district surveillance officer said.
“Last month when we had sent samples for genome sequencing, they were of the Omicron BA.2 variant. The recent surge is related to the BA.2 variant only. All the cases are mild and none of the patients have had lung infection. Fever lasts for one to three days and the throat pain as well as headache stays for two to three more days. A majority of people testing positive are getting well by the fifth or sixth day,” Sushila Kataria, senior director (internal medicine), Medanta, said.
Haryana meanwhile reported 712 new cases of Covid. The highest number of cases were reported in Gurugram.
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