37 Doctors of Ganga Ram Hospital Test Covid Positive in Delhi

Up to 37 doctors at Delhi’s Sir Ganga Ram Hospital have tested positive for the coronavirus and five have been admitted for treatment amid a large increase in COVID-19 cases in the country.

Along with most major cities, Delhi has seen a massive increase in coronavirus cases in recent weeks, with the daily case count surpassing the 7,000 marks for the first time this year.

With hospitals receiving far more patients in recent days than before, a large number of healthcare workers have been exposed to the virus.

Many of those infected at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital is young and most had been vaccinated. Contact tracing efforts are underway.

Most of them have mild symptoms, hospital authorities said.

“Serving Covid patients at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, 37 hospital doctors tested positive for COVID-19. Most of these crown warriors have mild symptoms. Thirty-two doctors are in home isolation and the remaining five are admitted. At the hospital, “said a hospital source.

Sir Ganga Ram Hospital has been among the facilities that have been at the forefront of the fight against the pandemic for nearly a year.

Delhi recorded 7,437 new cases of COVID-19 on Thursday, the highest increase in a single day this year, while 24 more people died due to the coronavirus infection, bringing the death toll to 11,157, according to the Department of City health.

Delhi is among the 10 states besides Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Gujarat, Kerala and Punjab that have shown a sharp increase in daily COVID-19 cases accounting for 84.21 per percent of the record 1.26 lakhs new. infections Thursday, according to the Union Health Ministry.