Dist records first 100 community transmission cases in 17 days and took 10 more days to record another 100 cases
The district
administration and the health department are on toes as the Covid-19 spread in
the community is increasing rapidly in Amritsar, with 83 cases being reported
in five days where the patient had no travel history or been in proximity to an
infected person from outside the state.
After relaxations in the lockdown were
announced on May 19, it took 17 days (till June 5) for the district to record
100 community transmission cases and next 10 days (till June 15) to reach
200-mark of community transmission cases. However, the community transmission
cases showed a sudden spike in the last five days as 83 more cases got added to
the list.
To date, the district, which has been put
in the ‘red-zone’ category, has recorded 752 Covid-19 cases, of which 499
patients have recovered and 31 had succumbed to the disease.
Since May 19, over 445 Covid-19 cases were
reported in the district of which 283, approximately 63%, are community
transmission cases. Sixty-six such cases surfaced on Thursday, Friday and
Saturday alone.
“These community transmission patients
were tested in flu corners after they showed symptoms of the disease. Their
source of infection could not be traced yet but the administration and health
department have made three containment and two micro-containment zones in the
district, to further contain the spread of the disease. The cases are being
increased rapidly as the lockdown was uplifted and people are community in the
market without taking precautionary measures,” said civil surgeon Dr Jugal
Kishore.
A health employee takes swab samples of a women at the Civil Hospital in Amritsar on Friday.
ESI HOSPITAL CLOSED AFTER PHARMACIST TESTS
POSITIVE
A day after a pharmacist of ESI Hospital,
Amritsar, tested positive for Covid-19 the hospital has been temporarily
closed.
“A team of the health department visited
the ESI Hospital where a pharmacist was found infected. The swab samples of the
entire staff have been taken for testing and disinfectants were sprayed. Till
the reports of all the staff members are awaited, the hospital will be closed.
The close contacts of the pharmacist have been quarantined,” said Dr Kishore.
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