Five more residents succumbed to Covid-19 on Tuesday as Chandigarh reported 138 fresh positive cases. With this, the death toll reached 158 while the total case tally stood at 11816 in the city.

 The daily count of cases remained below 200 for the third consecutive day. However, the COVID-19 related fatalities continued to rise in Chandigarh.  The COVID-19 fatality rate stood at 1.33 percent in Chandigarh. 102 residents have died in the month of September due to COVID-19 while 56 fatalities were reported from the month of April to August.

According to Chandigarh Health Department’s bulletin, out of 11816 total cases, there were 2060 active cases till the evening. 9598 patients have so far recovered from COVID-19 in the city.A total of 273 patients have been discharged including persons from home isolation who have completed 10 days and are asymptomatic, the bulletin added.  In the last 24 hours, a maximum of 12 positive cases were reported in Manimajra and eight cases were reported in Sector 48.   As per the health bulletin, the fresh cases were reported in Sectors 7, 8, 10, 12, 14, 15, 16, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 32, 33, 34, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 50, 52, 56, 61, Sector 38 west, Dadumajra, Daria, Dhanas, Kajheri, Khuda Lohara, Manimajra, Mauli Jagran, PGIMER campus, Ram Darbar and Raipur Khurd.

A total of 7470 positive cases have so far been reported in the city in the month of September. A biggest single-day spike of 449 cases was recorded on September 13.