Five city residents succumbed to the Covid-19 as 71 fresh positive cases were reported in Chandigarh on Tuesday. The Covid-19 mortality rate increased to 1.47 percent in the city.
“The death toll reached 197 and the total case tally stood at 13,331 in Chandigarh”, stated Chandigarh Health Department’s evening bulletin. Over the past ten days, the fatality rate has jumped to 1.47 per cent from 1.3 per cent.
According to the bulletin, “There were 1,127 active cases till the evening. 109 patients have recovered in the past 24 hours taking the total number of recoveries to 12,007. The recovery rate increased to 90 percent while the active ratio of cases was recorded at 8.4 percent which means for every 100 confirmed cases, 8 are currently infected in the city.
89,969 samples have so far been tested in the city. As per the health bulletin, the fresh cases were reported in Sectors 7, 8, 9, 19, 21, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 30, 33, 35, 38, 39, 41, 43, 45, 46, 48, 49, 51, 52, Dadumajra, Dhanas, Faidan, Hallomajra, Khuda Alisher, Khuda Lahora, Maloya, Manimajra, Mauli Jagran and Raipur Khurd.