Daily Covid count rises to 140, active cases now 500 in Gurgaon

GURGAON: The city reported 140 new Covid cases on Wednesday, a jump of 42.8% from the previous day. The positivity rate too has jumped to 7.8% from 6.5% recorded on Tuesday.
The number of active cases rose to 500 from 439 recorded on Tuesday. Of 500 active cases, 18 have been hospitalised while the remaining are in home isolation. According to the health department, 1,788 tests were conducted in the last 24 hours. The number of recoveries were recorded at 79.
"We are going to hold a meeting of the district task force committee in which private labs and hospitals have been called to review their preparedness. Moreover, we have already increased the number of tests in the city," said Dr Virender Yadav, chief medical officer.
"The younger patients have mild symptoms like cold, cough and high-grade fever, which is not being cured with paracetamol. So they are coming to us like elderly people. The elderly patients with comorbidities have moderate to severe symptoms. I have admitted a senior citizen who was having difficulty in breathing. Having said that, this wave would be comparatively milder since we have developed hybrid immunity after Covid vaccines and previous Covid waves," said Dr Kuldeep Kumar Grover, head of critical care & pulmonology, CK Birla Hospital.
He added that it's time that people start following Covid-appropriate behaviour by wearing face masks and avoiding large gatherings.
The city has been reporting more than 50 Covid cases every day since March 28 when 57 new cases were reported.
Haryana, meanwhile, reported 243 new cases of Covid on Wednesday. The highest number of cases were reported in Gurgaon (140) followed by Faridabad (38) and Panchkula (16). The total number of active cases in Haryana has increased to 951. According to the health bulletin, the test positivity rate in Haryana is 5.77%. A total of 3,760 tests were conducted in the last 24 hours in Haryana.