A day after an 88-year-old man grew to become the most recent Covid-19 fatality in Chandigarh, the well being division got here out with an advisory on Monday, cautioning residents to strictly adhere to Covid-appropriate behaviour to keep away from one other surge in instances.

The aged affected person, who was a resident of Sector 14, handed away at GMSH-16 on Sunday. He had a historical past of coronary artery illness, respiratory sickness, hypertension and kidney issues.

This was the primary fatality within the metropolis because the loss of life of a 92-year-old man from Sector 15 on February 21, a primary in round six months. The affected person was additionally affected by prostate most cancers with metastasis and pneumonia and handed away at a non-public hospital in Mohali.

Eight-fold rise in energetic instances in three weeks

In phrases of instances, 5 recent Covid-19 infections surfaced within the metropolis on Monday. This pushed the energetic instances to 33, an over eight-fold soar from 4 energetic instances on March 6, three weeks in the past .

The sufferers, together with three males and two females, are residents of Sectors 11, 28, 33, 38 West and PGIMER campus.

As per the well being division, the every day positivity charge — variety of samples testing constructive — was 2.04% on Monday, decrease than the nationwide every day positivity charge of three.19%.

A complete of 245 samples had been examined over the previous 24 hours and 5 turned out constructive.

Since the outbreak of the pandemic in March 2020, Chandigarh has reported a complete of 99,428 instances, of which 98,212 sufferers have recovered and 1,183 have died.

‘Wear masks in public’

As per the advisory issued by the well being division, residents have been suggested to start out sporting masks in public, particularly in crowded and enclosed areas. Within healthcare amenities, medical doctors, paramedics and different healthcare staff, in addition to sufferers and their attendants, must also put on masks.

The division has really helpful to cowl the nostril and mouth with a tissue or handkerchief when sneezing or coughing and to eliminate used tissues in closed bins straight away. The advisory emphasises the significance of frequent hand washing with cleaning soap and water or using alcohol-based hand rubs. Even if palms look clear, washing them remains to be vital.

Individuals with respiratory sicknesses ought to minimise contact with others. If one experiences signs like fever, cough, or respiratory difficulties, they need to report the signs to a physician and bear Covid testing.