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At 310, Chandigarh single-day case increase at six-month high

2762 A man aged above 45 gets the Covid-19 vaccine at a community centre in Sector 23, Chandigarh, on Saturday. PHOTO: Pradeep Tewari Tribune News Service Chandigarh, April 3 The city today recorded 310 fresh cases of Covid-19, which is the highest since mid-September last year. The active caseload is 3,162, the second highest after September 16 when the UT had 3,171 active cases. The city started witnessing a rise in cases on August 17 with 114 single-day cases and reached the peak on September 13 with 449 cases. During this period of 28 days, 5,775 cases were recorded. After September 13, a declining trend was seen in the past two weeks of the month. On September 16, the case doubling time was 19 days in Chandigarh. The doubling time is the number of days required for the cases in an epidemic to double, based on the rate of the cumulative increase in the number of cases.

Covid-19: Next 2 weeks crucial, say experts on spike in Chandigarh

6446 A senior citizen being inoculated at the civil dispensary in Sector 38, Chandigarh, on Monday. Tribune Photo: Pradeep Tewari Naina Mishra Chandigarh, March 15 As the city reaches one-third of the peak cases witnessed in September, health experts have warned of an upward trend during the next two weeks. The first wave saw 449 cases on a single day on September 13. The highest single-day caseload during the current wave is 148 so far. Dr Rajesh Kumar, a former head of the School of Community Medicine and Public Health, PGI, said: “When the cases start rising from the average number being reported daily, it is called a wave or a surge. There is a high probability of spike in the cases in the coming days as the nearby states have reported a similar trend. The cases are bound to increase during the next 15 days. The authorities have started adopting stricter measures after the rise. The efforts towards prevention and control will bear result after two weeks.”

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