As many as 223 cases surfaced in the city on Tuesday, out of which 58 belong to Chandigarh, 92 to Punjab, 39 to Haryana, 17 to Himachal Pradesh and 08 from other states. The total number of active cases in the UT now stands at 3,355.
There are already 65 containment zones in Chandigarh now 30 new micro-containment zones added today. 58,000 challans have been issued against the persons violating covid protocol.
After detailed discussions with the doctors and senior officers, the following decisions were also taken in the War Room :-
(a) The night curfew will be imposed from 10:00 PM to 05:00 in the entire city. All non-essential travelers will be prohibited.
(b) The limit for political, social and religious gathering will be restricted to 200 outdoor and 100 indoor, as has already been notified.
(c) The Rock Garden will remain closed until further orders.
(d) Sukhna Lake area will remain closed on all weekends until situation improves.
UT Administrator appealed to the residents to take advantage of Tika Utsav and get themselves vaccinated. He specifically directed the health workers and front line workers that they should take the advantage of present priority available to them, since such facility may not continue longer.
He also ordered placing of mobile vans in crowded places like temples and gurdwaras during Navratri, so that the visitors could be screened and symptomatic persons could be tested immediately.
Closing of markets on alternate numbers was also considered, as was done last year. However, the decision was deferred keeping in view the economic needs of trade and industry.
