Highest single-day spike of 105 cases makes Ambala cross 600

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.
“So far, we have collected 22,379 samples in Ambala and the Covid-19 testing is also being conducted with rapid antigen testing kits”, she said. “There are 121 active containment zones and so far, there have been a total of 206 containment zones in Ambala," Dr Bela added.