The union territory of Chandigarh on Wednesday witnessed the highest single-day spike with 64 fresh COVID-19 positive cases. With this, the total tally of positive cases has reached 1270 in the city.
While 43 persons were found infected with COVID-19 through RT-PCR testing, 21 were detected through rapid antigen testing. The rapid-antigen testing was started on Monday in the city.
A day before, the union territory had reported one COVID-19 related death and previous biggest single-day spike with 46 positive cases. The fresh cases on Wednesday were reported from Sector 24, 28, 30, 34, 39, 40, 43, 41, 42, 45, 46, 47, 52, Dhanas, Dadumajra, PGIMER, GMCH-32, Bapu Dham colony in Sector 26, Burail, Hallomajra, Kajeri and Raipur Khurd. Two healthcare workers each from PGIMER and GMCH-32 were among tested positive for COVID-19
The recovery rate of COVID-19 positive patients has further declined to 56 percent while the fatality rate was recorded at 1.57 percent.
Nine cases were reported from Burail. It included three males aged 13, 25, 45 and females aged 12, 35, 40 from the same household, two males aged 7, 35 from another household, a 22 years old female from separate households in Burial, the bulletin stated.
15611 samples of city residents have so far been tested for COVID-19. The city has till date reported 20 COVID related fatalities.
Dr G. Dewan, UT Director Health Services, said that out of 220 samples collected from various dispensaries for rapid-antigen testing, 21 have been found positive in the city. He also said that the Department has tested 1,392 persons, who reached Chandigarh by trains and buses.
On the ongoing house-to-house survey to detect symptomatic cases, Dr Dewan said that from July 31 to August 4, the medical survey team has conducted screening of 7989 persons and all symptomatic cases have been sent for testing.
Till the evening, 114 critical patients were undergoing treatment at COVID-19 dedicated NHE in PGIMER. Out of them, 46 patients belonged to Chandigarh, 40 from Punjab, 13 from Haryana, six each from Himachal Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh, two each from Rajasthan and Jharkhand.