One more resident succumbed to Covid-19 as Chandigarh on Saturday registered 234 fresh cases. With this, the Covid-19 toll stood at 69 while the total case tally jumped to 5,502 in the Union Territory. A total of 185 patients have been discharged including persons from home isolation who have completed 10 days and are asymptomatic as per centre government guidelines.
As per bulletin, a 27- year old male, resident of Sector 14 who was a case of type-II diabetes mellitus and intravenous drug abuser, tested Covid-19 positive, died at GMCH on September 4.
According to officials, there were 2140 active cases in the city. With 185 fresh recoveries in the last 24 hours the number of recovered patients reached 3290. According to the Chandigarh Health Department’s evening bulletin, With 69 deaths till now, the fatality rate in the city stood at around 1.29 per cent. A maximum of 41 Covid-19 related deaths were reported in the month of August. 13 fatalities have so far been reported in the month of September, the bulletin stated.