Over 3,000 fresh cases in Gurgaon, govt ramps up testing

Gurgaon: At 18%, the city’s Covid-19 positivity rate dipped by almost half on Monday compared to the previous day. According to health department data, Gurgaon had a positivity rate of 34% on Sunday.
The district reported 3,037 fresh cases on Monday. The caseload now stands at 1,33,679. As many as 5,035 people recovered from Covid on the day, bringing the total number of recoveries to 95,924. The recovery rate, which was 69% on Sunday, now stands at 71%.
At 37,244, active cases account for nearly a fourth of the total Covid count at present. While 34,578 patients are in home isolation, 2,459 are admitted in hospitals and 207 are in district Covid care centres.
As many as 14 deaths were reported on Monday, taking the toll to 511. The fatality rate stands at 0.3%. Gurgaon’s medical infrastructure is under immense strain at present with more than 3,500 fresh cases being added on an average daily in the past few days.
The health department has ramped up testing, collecting 12,000 samples every day. “We have increased testing as the only solution at present is to test and treat. It seems there is a plateau. We have conducted more than 4,000 antigen tests as we are screening people in large outbreak areas,” said Dr Virender Yadav, chief medical officer, Gurgaon.
“We have had over 3,500 fresh cases daily in the last 10 days. Most of them are in home isolation and they are recovering now. Thus, we will witness an increase in recoveries in the coming days,” he added.
Meanwhile, 92 people were sent to institutional quarantine facilities on Monday. So far, 12,62,945 people have been put under surveillance in the city. In the past 24 hours, the health authorities collected 16,008 samples for antigen and RT-PCR tests. Till now, 12,59,359 samples have been sent for testing, of which 11,09,679 returned negative while the results of 4,302 are awaited.