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Chandigarh February 26With the mask down and mobility up the Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGI) here has witnessed 100 per cent increase in Covid-19 patient load over past 10 days doctors said on Friday. There has been a surge of admitted patients from 30 to 57 over last week making it 100 per cent increase in Covid-19 positive cases GD Puri head of the Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care said. Also read: Disregard for Covid norms behind spike: Nodal officer"With mobility up we are definitely contributing to accelerate the rise in cases." "We just cannot afford to take it lightly more so because the newly detected mutant strain is far more transmissible." In fact who knows more than the healthcare workers how deadly Covid-19 can be.".