Highest single-day surge of 105 Covid cases in Ambala

AMBALA: With the highest-ever 105 people testing positive for Covid-19 in a single day on Monday, the Ambala district's tally reached 612. Six rural medical practitioners (RMPs) and six with travel history from foreign countries are among the patients.
Medical officer Dr Bela Sharma said, "Intensive contact tracing helped us detect so many cases. Among the fresh cases, 55 are from Ambala City areas, 27 from Ambala Cantt, 16 from Barara, three each from Shahzadpur and Naraingarh, and one from Chourmastpur area of the district."
"Out of 16 cases of Barara area, six are RMPs who practise in that area and 33 are from Cloth Market of Ambala City. The reports of 1,326 samples collected from Cloth Market are awaited", said Dr Bela.