NOIDA: Four fresh cases of Covid-19 were reported in the district on Wedneday, two of whom are wives of Cease Fire employees who had tested positive earlier. Gautam Budh Nagar now has 62 cases, of which 41 are linked to Cease Fire. The district had reported no fresh case for three days prior to this.
One is the 35-year-old wife of a Cease Fire employee who lives in Sector 74 and another a 27-year-old married to an employee from Chauda Village near Sector 22.
Both had been quarantined, the former at home and the latter at Dr Ambedkar Hostel, and had tested positive on April 1.
“Since both areas are also hotspots, these will be sealed and intensive sanitisation of every household in these areas will now be done. Our ground survey is on and the residents have been asked to follow the lockdown norms properly,” said subdivisional magistrate Rajeev Rai.
Later at night, two more cases were reported — a man in his 50s from Sector 93A and a woman from Greater Noida.
A decision on the sealing of areas where they live will be taken on Thursday.
Earlier in the day, the government had announced areas which report a Covid-19 case will be sealed off to contain the spread.
After becoming one of the 10 hotspots in the country, Noida had not reported any new case for three days, with Agra surpassing the district and reporting the highest number of Covid-19 cases.
The first case in Noida was reported on March 5 — that number remained unchanged for two weeks.
Then, on March 17, the second case was reported, after which the numbers started increasing. The biggest surge started on March 24, when the first case fromthe Cease Fire was reported.
“The number of cases started going up after the Cease Fire chain started. It took a while to identify contacts and quarantine people, but the infection had spread even before the first case showed up. We can say this because all three possible sources identified so far had travel histories that went further back,” said a health department official.
So far, the district has not reported any case related to the Tablighi Jamaat congregation in Delhi or any other big Covid-19 cluster.
The district now has 50 active cases and 12 have recovered, including two who were discharged from the GIMS on Wednesday.
One is the 35-year-old wife of a Cease Fire employee who lives in Sector 74 and another a 27-year-old married to an employee from Chauda Village near Sector 22.
Both had been quarantined, the former at home and the latter at Dr Ambedkar Hostel, and had tested positive on April 1.
“Since both areas are also hotspots, these will be sealed and intensive sanitisation of every household in these areas will now be done. Our ground survey is on and the residents have been asked to follow the lockdown norms properly,” said subdivisional magistrate Rajeev Rai.
Later at night, two more cases were reported — a man in his 50s from Sector 93A and a woman from Greater Noida.
A decision on the sealing of areas where they live will be taken on Thursday.
Earlier in the day, the government had announced areas which report a Covid-19 case will be sealed off to contain the spread.
After becoming one of the 10 hotspots in the country, Noida had not reported any new case for three days, with Agra surpassing the district and reporting the highest number of Covid-19 cases.
The first case in Noida was reported on March 5 — that number remained unchanged for two weeks.
Then, on March 17, the second case was reported, after which the numbers started increasing. The biggest surge started on March 24, when the first case fromthe Cease Fire was reported.
“The number of cases started going up after the Cease Fire chain started. It took a while to identify contacts and quarantine people, but the infection had spread even before the first case showed up. We can say this because all three possible sources identified so far had travel histories that went further back,” said a health department official.
So far, the district has not reported any case related to the Tablighi Jamaat congregation in Delhi or any other big Covid-19 cluster.
The district now has 50 active cases and 12 have recovered, including two who were discharged from the GIMS on Wednesday.
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