An 80-year-old man from Sector 16 here succumbed to COVID-19 on Tuesday in Chandigarh. The octogenarian is the city's seventh COVID-19 fatality.Five fresh cases were also reported in the city taking the total number to 492. The cases were reported from Sector 32, 40, 42 and 51.
“An 80 years old male who was undergoing treatment at COVID-19 dedicated NHE building in PGIMER died due to COVID-19 on Tuesday. He was suffering from co-morbid conditions (chronic hypertension) and was on ventilator,” stated the Chandigarh Health Department’s evening bulletin. Five fresh cases were reported on Tuesday in the city.
Two residents of Sector 32 including a 14 years old girl and 49 years old woman are tested positive. They are family members of already tested positive patient, the bulletin stated.
A 55-year old male from Sector 51 is tested positive of COVID-19. He has four family members and all of them have been sampled. Another patient tested positive is a 24 years old male from Sector 41. He has three family members and a maid. All of them are asymptomatic, it stated. A 35 years old female resident of Sector 40 is also tested positive. She is a family contact of the positive case of Sector 50.
A day before, the city had reported 21 fresh cases of the deadly virus.
Till Tuesday evening, there were a total of 492 positive cases in the city. This included 84 active cases of the deadly virus. The recovery rate of COVID-19 patients stood at 81 percent with 401 patients recovering from the infection so far.