Chandigarh: In a worrying trend, Punjab sees a boost in contacts, the size of the main containment, when experts have warned uptick in cases of viruses in the coming weeks.
Apart from the Chairman of Minister Amarinder Singh set a target ratio of tracing 30 per case, it was less than 15 in the last seven days.
Punjab is between seven states in the country where everyday case picks up and is expected to increase.
According to the estimated business school Judge Cambridge, these cases are expected to multiply in 64 days.
Data Analysis of the Ministry of Health revealed the State Contact Search ratio for August 10-16 has dropped to 14.8 contacts per case from 20 contacts per case up to 1.
August forbade four districts, which remains to blend overall overall.
Hoshiarpur managed to track only two contacts per case, while Muktsar was traced only 2.2.
Other poor-performing districts include Ropar (3), Ferozepur, (3.6), Ludhiana (3.8), Fatehgarh Sahib (4.1), Moga (4.4), Pathankot (5), Bathinda (7.9), Sangrur (7, 9), 8.1), Nawanshahr (10.9), Fazilka (11) and Patiala (14.5).
Faridkot recorded a 27.9 high contact search ratio followed by Amritsar 21.6, Mohali 20.6 and Jalandhar 18.5.
People who do not want to share their contact details are one of the main reasons for poor shows in the district with performance below par.
In Punjab, as many as 2,072 samples have been tested positively for the variant of the concern and account for 4% of the total caring variant detected in the country.
Of the total, 838 samples were Delta variants (B.1.6172) which were very contagious, which was said to be 50% more contagious than other Covid lineages.
If it is not contained, it spreads faster, resulting in an increase in hospitalization and death.
With the country now dominated by the worried variant of Delta Covid, the central government and health experts have stressed in contact searches, epidemiological investigations and detention actions needed.
Contact Search – The process identifies the source of infection and tracking of people filled with patients before testing positive – is considered one of the main steps in breaking the transmission chain.
In standard operating procedures, contacts are tested and quarantined based on risk assessment involving factors such as proximity (less than 1 meter) duration (more than 15 minutes), and exposure properties.
On August 17, the virus had infected 600,008 people and claimed 16,345 lives.