Gurgaon: The city on Tuesday reported less than 300 Covid-19 cases for the second day in a row, as it added 288 new cases to its tally. It had registered 291 cases on Monday.
At present, there are 1,690 active cases in the city. With the decline in cases, the daily positivity rate also fell to 8.1% on Tuesday, from 8.3% a day earlier. According to the health department data, the hospitalization rate is very low. There are 14 Kovid-19 patients admitted in the hospital. On Monday, 3,522 tests were conducted in the city.
A total of 3,504 samples were collected.
In April, the city added 5,894 cases, while in March it added 2,034. A total of 3,674 cases have been added to the tally so far this month.
Gurgaon is adding more than 100 cases from April 12-19 and then over 200 from April 20-23. On April 24, it added over 300 cases and since then it has been adding cases in the 300 to 450 bracket.
“We are seeing a downward trend” covid cases at present. We are expecting a further drop in cases by May 20.
People still need to follow the COVID protocol,” Dr. Virendra YadavChief Medical Officer, Gurgaon.
Experts said that even though cases are decreasing, it is important that people take preventive vaccines. “We have low hospitalization rates as maximum people have already taken both doses of the vaccine. Thus, eligible people should also take a booster dose,” Yadav said. Haryana On Tuesday, 401 Kovid cases were reported. It did 12597 tests and its positivity was 4.4%. Haryana has the second highest number of Covid cases with 83 cases in Faridabad. A total of 2406 active cases are present across the state, out of which 2372 are in home isolation. Along with this, 532 patients were also cured from Kovid on Tuesday.
At present, there are 1,690 active cases in the city. With the decline in cases, the daily positivity rate also fell to 8.1% on Tuesday, from 8.3% a day earlier. According to the health department data, the hospitalization rate is very low. There are 14 Kovid-19 patients admitted in the hospital. On Monday, 3,522 tests were conducted in the city.
A total of 3,504 samples were collected.
In April, the city added 5,894 cases, while in March it added 2,034. A total of 3,674 cases have been added to the tally so far this month.
Gurgaon is adding more than 100 cases from April 12-19 and then over 200 from April 20-23. On April 24, it added over 300 cases and since then it has been adding cases in the 300 to 450 bracket.
“We are seeing a downward trend” covid cases at present. We are expecting a further drop in cases by May 20.
People still need to follow the COVID protocol,” Dr. Virendra YadavChief Medical Officer, Gurgaon.
Experts said that even though cases are decreasing, it is important that people take preventive vaccines. “We have low hospitalization rates as maximum people have already taken both doses of the vaccine. Thus, eligible people should also take a booster dose,” Yadav said. Haryana On Tuesday, 401 Kovid cases were reported. It did 12597 tests and its positivity was 4.4%. Haryana has the second highest number of Covid cases with 83 cases in Faridabad. A total of 2406 active cases are present across the state, out of which 2372 are in home isolation. Along with this, 532 patients were also cured from Kovid on Tuesday.