Noida: Five new cases of Covid-19 were reported in Noida on Tuesday, taking the tally to 134 in the district. Officials said all five are contacts of patients who had tested positive earlier.
“Reports of five people came positive on Tuesday. With this, the total number of positive cases is 134. Eight persons were also discharged on Tuesday, taking the total number of recoveries to 79,” said Deepak Ohri, the Noida chief medical officer.
The latest Covid patients are residents of sectors 34, 50, 15, 93A and Begampur. They were already in quarantine because the health department had identified them as contacts of previous patients.
They include a 45-year-old man from Sector 34, who had come in contact with a worker of a private hospital in Delhi who had tested positive earlier. The second patient is an 18-year-old woman from Sector 50, five of whose family members have already been found to have Covid. The third case is of a 71-year-old woman from Sector 93A, who is also member of a family where six persons have tested positive. The two other patients are a 50-year-old woman from Begampur in Greater Noida and an 18-year-old youth from Sector 15.
Of the eight persons who were discharged on Tuesday, four were from Sharda hospital, one from Government Institute of Medical Sciences (GIMS), one from Child PGI and another two from Delhi hospitals.
So far, more than 10 healthcare workers from government institutions have been found Covid-positive in the district. The district administration has now started training workers in other health facilities on how to handle Covid patients. A meeting was called on Tuesday with representatives of three Covid hospitals, three quarantine centres and other government hospitals to discuss the efforts.
A team has been formed with officials from GIMS and WHO that will be training other hospitals in the district. “GIMS has emerged as a centre of excellence for handling Covid patients along with careful segregation of other patients and healthcare staff. Several such cases have been handled by the hospital without anyone else getting infected. This is why we are forming a team with officials from GIMS and WHO that will train the other hospital staff in managing its workers,” said Narendra Bhooshan, nodal officer for handling Covid-19 response in the district.
“Reports of five people came positive on Tuesday. With this, the total number of positive cases is 134. Eight persons were also discharged on Tuesday, taking the total number of recoveries to 79,” said Deepak Ohri, the Noida chief medical officer.
The latest Covid patients are residents of sectors 34, 50, 15, 93A and Begampur. They were already in quarantine because the health department had identified them as contacts of previous patients.
They include a 45-year-old man from Sector 34, who had come in contact with a worker of a private hospital in Delhi who had tested positive earlier. The second patient is an 18-year-old woman from Sector 50, five of whose family members have already been found to have Covid. The third case is of a 71-year-old woman from Sector 93A, who is also member of a family where six persons have tested positive. The two other patients are a 50-year-old woman from Begampur in Greater Noida and an 18-year-old youth from Sector 15.
Of the eight persons who were discharged on Tuesday, four were from Sharda hospital, one from Government Institute of Medical Sciences (GIMS), one from Child PGI and another two from Delhi hospitals.
So far, more than 10 healthcare workers from government institutions have been found Covid-positive in the district. The district administration has now started training workers in other health facilities on how to handle Covid patients. A meeting was called on Tuesday with representatives of three Covid hospitals, three quarantine centres and other government hospitals to discuss the efforts.
A team has been formed with officials from GIMS and WHO that will be training other hospitals in the district. “GIMS has emerged as a centre of excellence for handling Covid patients along with careful segregation of other patients and healthcare staff. Several such cases have been handled by the hospital without anyone else getting infected. This is why we are forming a team with officials from GIMS and WHO that will train the other hospital staff in managing its workers,” said Narendra Bhooshan, nodal officer for handling Covid-19 response in the district.
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