At 4, Gurugram’s lowest single-day Covid-19 tally

GURUGRAM: The city recorded four fresh cases of Covid-19 on Thursday, its lowest single-day tally since the beginning of the pandemic last year. The caseload now stands at 1,80,685.
Before this, the lowest number of cases registered in a day was on June 19, when five people had tested positive.
The positivity rate stands as 0.09%, the lowest ever, and down from Wednesday’s 0.1%. The active caseload stands at 107. On Thursday, two deaths were reported, taking the Covid toll to 904. The fatality rate stands at 0.4%. The day also saw the recovery of 15 people, bringing the total number of recoveries to 1,79,674. The recovery rate stands at 99.6% at present. A total of 91 patients are in home isolation while 16 are in hospitals (severe cases).
“Even though Covid cases are declining, people should not let their guard down. It has been observed that people are not following Covid-appropriate behaviour, which could lead to a rise in fresh cases again,” said Dr Virender Yadav, chief medical officer, Gurugram. He added that more than 4,000 tests were being conducted every day and contact tracing was being done.
Meanwhile, 53 people were sent to institutional quarantine facilities on Thursday. So far, 16,59,009 people have been put under surveillance in the city. In the past 24 hours, the health authorities collected 4,192 samples for tests. Till now, 16,46,423 samples have been sent for testing, of which 14,61,546 returned negative.