DW BUREAU / Chandigarh Facility of 100 beds each exclusively for Chandigarh Covid patients will be created both in PGIMER and GMCH-32. Apart from it facilities in James Hotel in Sector 17 have been requisitioned, where the covid positive patients, can stay and avail Covid Care Centre facilities on payment.In view of rising COVID 19 cases in the UT, Governor of Punjab and Administrator, UT Chandigarh, VP Singh Badnore took the decision on Thursday to contain further spread of the infection in the city.The Administrator presided over the Daily War Room meeting on Thursday. The meeting was attended by Manoj Parida, Adviser to the Administrator, and Sanjay Beniwal, Director General of Police at Punjab Raj Bhawan. The Administrator also interacted with Arun Gupta, Principal Secretary (Home), AK Sinha, Finance Secretary, KK Yadav, Commissioner, Municipal Corporation and Mandip Singh Brar, Deputy Commissioner, Chandigarh, Deputy Commissioners of Mohali and Panchkula, Director-PGIMER, Director Health Services and Director Principal, GMCH through video conferencing. Dr Jagat Ram, Director, PGIMER stated that they have 149 patients in Covid Care Centre, out of which 57 belong to Chandigarh, 54 to Punjab, 16 to Haryana, 11 to Himachal Pradesh and remaining to other states. He also stated that they have tested 765 covid samples, out of which 65 were found positive. Among the positive samples, 37 belong to Chandigarh and 23 belong to Punjab. Dr BS Chavan, Director Principal, GMCH, stated that they have done 1,229 testing, out of which 122 were found positive. He also stated that during the last six days, 125 covid positive cases were medically treated and discharged. Dr G Dewan, Director Health Services stated that they have conducted 1,736 tests so far through the Rapid Antigen Method. They have also screened 1,000 visitors from outside. (editor@dailyworld.in)