With 26 fresh Covid-19 positive cases on Sunday, Chandigarh’s total tally crossed the 700-mark.
There were 717 positive cases including 217 active cases in the city till the evening.
Only a day before, the city had recorded its biggest single-day spike with 31 persons being found infected with the virus. It was on July 14 when the city had reached the 600-mark of Covid-19 cases.
The fresh cases reported on Sunday were from Sectors 7, 19, 20, 30, 32, 39, 42, 45, 46, 48, Dhanas and Mauli Jagran. Of 26 new positive cases, 18 were contacts of previously tested positive patients.
“A maximum of eight fresh cases were reported from Dhanas in the city. Two male children each aged 10, a 13 years old boy, males aged 32, 45 and females aged 32, 34, 57 from a family were tested positive for Covid-19. They are family contacts of previously positive case of Dhanas,” stated Chandigarh Health Department’s evening bulletin.
In Sector 30, two females aged 30 and 58 were tested positive. In Sector 39, two males aged 52 and 56, both contacts of previously tested positive patient in Punjab were found infected. Two cases including a 33 years old female and a 36 years old male from Sector 42 were also tested positive, the bulletin stated.Among others tested positive included a 48 years old female from Sector 7, 32 years old male from Sector 32, 50 years old male from Sector 29, 56 years old male from Sector 45, 78 years old female from Sector 48, 48 years old male from Daria, 45 years old male from Sector 45, 48 years old from Mauli Jagran and a 10 years old boy from Sector 39.
Three female patients aged 20, 58 and 80 years were discharged from the hospitals after being treated. With 488 patients recovered so far in Chandigarh, the recovery rate of Covid-19 patients stood at 68 percent in the city, the bulletin added. 10959 samples have been tested so far.
The city has reported 12 Covid-19 related fatalities till date.Notably, the first case of Covid-19 in the city was reported on March 19 and it was on May 4 that the number of positive cases had crossed the 100-mark. The number of positive cases had reached 200-mark on May 19.
The cases had crossed 300-mark in Chandigarh on June 2 while on June 20, the city had crossed the 400-mark. On July 8, the positive cases had crossed the 500-mark.