gurgaon new covid infections reported in a single day rose sharply again on monday to 460 from 358 on sundaythe city now has 1827 active cases but hospitalisations so far have been few just 13 of these patients are in institutional care health department data shows with the daily positivity rate also escalating towards worrying levels testing has also been stepped up mondays positivity rate was 68 which is expected to rise with the number of new covid infections suspected to be driven by the omicron variant jumping up every daylike in the second wave the city accounts for a bulk of new infections reported in haryana and has 605 of the states active cases faridabad has the most active cases after gurgaon followed by ambala and panchkulafour new omicron cases two men and two women were also reported on monday all four had recently travelled abroad their test reports were negative when they arrived at igi airport but they tested positive when they underwent another covid test around seven days after they reached gurgaon so far the city has reported 39 omicron infections of these patients 37 have recovered the health department has been sending 2 of all covid test samples for genome sequencing to detect the presence of the omicron variantmeanwhile in the wake of the rise in cases the health department proposed seven more containment zones on monday at present gurgaon has 21 containment areas the proposed new zones include pioneer park sector 61 bptp mansions park sector 66 ridgewood estate dlf4 tower 16 in central park resorts sector 48 tower 6 in tata primanti sector 72 tower 2 in uniworld gardens sector 47 and a house in sector 51teams from the health department will carry out doortodoor screenings and the municipal corporation of gurgaon will regularly sanitise these areas the phone numbers of patients in home isolation have been geotagged and police are monitoring their movement to ensure they stay at home containment zones are considered denotified after two weeks if there is no further surge in casesthe citys paediatric bed capacity has been strengthened in case there is a spike in covid cases in children at present there are 900 paediatric beds out of which 228 are oxygen facilities without ventilators and 106 are equipped with ventilators earlier gurgaon had 809 beds for paediatric patients including 89 with ventilatorsin the second wave the city reeled from an acute shortage of oxygen in hospitals for treatment of covid patients hospitals were later directed to upgrade their infrastructure to prepare for the possibility of another wave hitting the city