Gurugram reports 124 new Covid cases

GURUGRAM: The city on Saturday reported 124 new Covid cases. At present, the city’s Covid tally stands at 11,679 cases. The health department said 169 people recovered from Covid-19 on Saturday, bringing the total number of recoveries to 10,619. This is the highest number of single-day recoveries in August so far. One succumbed to the infection in the last 24 hours, an official said. Till date, 133 people have died of Covid in the city, of whom 93 had comorbidities.
On Saturday, 20 people were put under the government quarantine. The district has a total of 927 active cases, of which 791 are in home isolation. The health authorities were able to collect 2,794 samples in the past 24 hours for antigen and RT-PCR tests.
So far,1,68,557 people have been put under surveillance in the district. The health department has sent 1,62,723 samples for testing, of which 1,49,250 turned out to be negative, while the results of 577 are still awaited. According to the health department’s data, the district is witnessing a rise in active cases. Though the city witnessed less than 100 cases daily during the early days of August, since August 21, the district has been witnessing a rise in new cases, which is a big concern.