Gurugram: Daily Covid cases nearly 500, positivity rate crosses 12%

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GURUGRAM: Covid-19 cases continued to spike across the city with 495 more people testing positive for the virus on Friday, up from 473 the day before. The positivity rate too rose from Thursday’s 11.8% to 12.3% in the last 24 hours.
Gurugram has 1,695 active cases at present, of which 11 patients are admitted to hospitals and the remaining 1,684 are in home isolation. As per data shared by the health department, Gurugram has logged 5,519 Covid cases in April so far, nearly 170% more than the 2,037 cases recorded in March.
Gurugram chief medical officer Dr Virender Yadav said: “We are expecting the cases to spike up to 1,000 daily soon. Everyone should wear a mask while venturing out. There is no need for panic but people should be cautious.”
Haryana has been reporting more than 500 new Covid cases daily. A major chunk of cases is from Gurugram and Faridabad; two districts have carried out the maximum tests in the state in the last 10 days. Over 32% of the 1.1 lakh tests conducted in the state in April 19-28 were carried out in Gurugram (36,463 tests), while Faridabad’s share was 10.7% (12,114 tests).
The data shows an uneven trend in testing — several districts are reporting only a handful of cases a day as they are way behind in testing compared to Gurugram. In the last 10 days, Gurugram has carried out 36,463 tests, nearly 3,600 tests every day, whereas nearby districts have carried out less than 300 tests in the same period. Rewari conducted 2,442 tests (around 240 a day). Nuh carried out the least tests in Haryana — just 581 (58 tests a day) — followed by Fatehabad with 785 tests. “It seems like these districts have lowered testing in order to reduce the number of new cases — all these districts reported no new cases on Friday,” said DV, Saharan, former director of health services, Haryana.Officials said all districts are being monitored.
Doctors said most of the cases at hospitals have mild symptoms. Dr Amitabha Ghosh, consultant (internal medicine) at Manipal Hospital, said: “We have observed an increase in cases. They are mild with mainly symptoms of cold, cough and fever.”
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