One more city resident died due to Covid-19 as 109 fresh positive cases were reported in Chandigarh on Thursday.“The death toll reached 244 and the total case tally stood at 15543 in Chandigarh”, stated Chandigarh Health Department’s evening bulletin.
The Covid-19 mortality rate stood at 1.56 percent in the city.According to the bulletin, “The active cases crossed 1000-mark again in the city. There were 1002 active cases till the evening. 64 patients have recovered in the past 24 hours taking the total number of recoveries to 14297.
The recovery rate was recorded at 91.9 percent while the active ratio of cases was recorded at 6.4 percent which means for every 100 confirmed cases, six are currently infected in the city.Giving details of the COVID-19 fatality, the bulletin said, “A 74 years old female resident of Manimajra, a case of Jaundice, who was tested COVID positive, expired at PGIMER.” Among 109 fresh cases, 58 were males and 51 were females. A maximum of seven cases were reported in Manimajra here. 120681 samples have so far been tested in the city. The report of 128 was awaited, the bulletin added.
As per the health bulletin, the fresh cases were reported in Sectors 2, 8, 9, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 26, 27, 28, 30, 32, 34, 35, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 55, 61, Sector 38 west, Burail, Hallomajra, Khuda Lahora, Manimajra, Mauli Jagran and Ram Darbar.