Chandigarh: Chandigarh recorded 1,795 Covid cases on Saturday, registering a slight 2% decline compared to Friday.
In Tricity, the overall case rose 8% since Friday.
Covid’s death was reported in Mohali, who also reported 1,497 cases, while Panchkula reported 510 cases.
Patients who died in a private hospital were a 70-year-old man from Phase 9 who had type 2 hyperthyroidism and diabetes.
He was partially vaccinated.
In Chandigarh, 445 patients were in hospitals and mini covid care centers for mild and moderate cases, while 30 patients were in the ventilator.
The level of peposititivity on Saturday is 26.7%, while weekly peponyitives are 22.47%.
There are 8,511 active cases in the city.
The active case in the city increased by 27% in Chandigarh, while the national average growth was 17%.
Also, the leading level of the test is 20% while the national average is 12.8%.
Chandigarh leads in this country in tests per million per day with 6,012 tests per million per day, while the national average is 1,185.4 as analyzed by Dr.
Rijo M John, a health economist based on Kerala and former consultant with WHO.
“Cases will rise up to another week as predicted by several mathematical models but infection will continue until March,” said a public health expert.
He added, “Hospital receipts are no more than 2%, because most are in Covid care centers for isolation.
Although this variant is light, it can affect them with low immunity.” There are 2,865 active cases in Panchkula, including 51 cases of temporary hospitalization The rest under house isolation.
There were 47,604 cases confirmed while 32,590 patients had been dismissed until now.