Gurgaon; Faridabad record 28 active Covid-19 cases

Gurgaon reported three Covid-19 cases on Saturday — a 32-year-old man who is a resident of Essel Tower with recent travel from Tamil Nadu,  a 44-year-old woman, a resident of DLF City phase 1, and a 28-year-old woman resident of Vatika India Next, both with no travel history.

The health department had earlier stated that the situation is under control and there is no cause for worry with the rise in mild symptomatic Covid-19 cases.

“All the pandemic-era precautionary measures and advisories, including mask-wearing, have been reissued and reiterated to hospitals. For now, we have made available 500 beds across isolation wards in government hospitals and other sites for any rise in serious cases. We will increase the number if and when the need arises. We have told hospitals to carry out tests for those showing symptoms. There is no reason to panic, the situation is well under control” Gurgaon’s Chief Medical Officer Dr Alka Singh had told the Indian Express last week.

Dr Singh was not available for any fresh comments as of now.

Two cases of Covid-19 were detected in Gurgaon nearly three weeks ago, following which the chief medical officer had assured the public that there is no cause for concern as yet. Those cases involve a 62-year-old man and a 31-year-old woman who returned from Mumbai.

“Both cases have very mild symptoms and are undergoing home isolation. There is no need to panic. It is an endemic (disease) now. Many people with symptoms are likely to test positive,” Dr Singh had said.

The variants of the coronavirus disease in these cases are not yet confirmed, and further lab tests are awaited for the same, Dr Singh had said.

Following a recent spike in Covid-19 cases in Southeast Asia, India too has seen fresh cases, with a majority of them being reported from Kerala, Maharashtra, Gujarat, and Tamil Nadu. However, most of the cases are mild and not associated with severity or mortality.

Around the time the second wave of Covid-19 peaked in India, the Haryana Government launched a door-to-door screening programme in rural areas across the state on May 15, 2021. Till June 3 of that year, over 1.66 crore people were screened, which was roughly around 60 per cent of the state’s 2.91 crore population.

In May of that year, the transmission rate of the disease had been found rapidly increasing in rural areas. A survey conducted by the state’s health department on Covid-19 patients admitted in various hospitals revealed that 68 per cent were from urban areas, while 32 per cent of the patients were from rural areas.

During the second wave, Haryana had imposed a one-week lockdown on May 3, which was extended multiple times. However, as fresh cases continued to dip, the state government gradually relaxed various curbs.