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Covid-19: Mohali reports 30% of caseload in just seven days

MOHALI: In seven days, Mohali registered 30% of the total Covid-19 cases . With 380 cases between August 3 and August 9, the total count escalated to 1,309. The recovery rate has fallen drastically by 11% from 62% to 53% and the active cases rate has gone up by 9.5% from 35.92% to 45.43% since July 23.


The total positive cases have jumped from 643 on July 24 to 1,309 on August 9, at the rate of 49.12%.

Similarly, 295 recoveries have been added in the last 17 days, to make it at 694 on August 9, which stood at 399 on July 23, at the rate of 42.90%.


On an average, almost one death every day has been reported is the last seven days, which reached 19 on August 9 and was 13 till July 23. However, the death rate has fallen from 2.02% to 1.45% in the district.

Till May 26, Mohali had recorded only three deaths due to Covid-19 but from June 30 onwards, 16 deaths have been reported making it one in every 65 hours. Earlier, only three deaths were reported in 38 days, from April 1 to May 8, with one death after 13 days.

Dr Manjit Singh, civil surgeon, said, “There is an urgent need to strictly follow the necessary precautions . Although all the necessary arrangements have already been put in place and the health department has been working untiringly to curb the spread of the disease, the careless attitude of the people towards the disease could worsen the situation.

According to him, apart from Gian Sagar Hospital, Banur, a level-1Covid care centre has now been set up at Chandigarh University , Gharuan, where Covid-19 patients will be admitted.

The civil surgeon asserted that a large number of people are not taking necessary precautions. In many places like markets, people are walking around without covering their faces and without any aim which is detrimental for their own health and safety. He again appealed to the people to not step out of homes unnecessarily and if there is an urgent need to move out, the face should be covered with masks, handkerchiefs or pieces of cloths and necessary distance from each other should be maintained. It is also important to wash hands frequently with soap and water.

Dr Manjit Singh again asked people to do online transactions to pay for water, electricity, insurance, mobile, cylinder refill and other bills, instead of going to the market and offices for the same. He said shops should not be crowded with customers and social distance should be maintained at all circumstances. Hands should be washed when entering and leaving the store. “People should visit hospitals only in case of serious problems. They should contact the health department’s helpline 104 for advice,” he said.

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