The union territory of Chandigarh on Wednesday reported its highest single-day jump in deaths at 10 as 180 fresh infections surfaced in the city. With this, the death toll due to COVID-19 reached 137 while the total case tally stood at 10726 in the city, according to the Chandigarh Health Department’s evening bulletin.
“There were 2537 active cases in the city. With 255 recoveries reported in the past 24 hours, a total of 8049 residents have so far recovered from the virus,” the bulletin said. Meanwhile, the COVID-19 related parameters have witnessed an improvement in the city this week. The recovery rate jumped to 75 percent in the city, which was less than 60 percent last week.
Chandigarh recorded 3 percent average growth rate of infections, down from 5.6 percent recorded last week. The fatality rate stood at 1.2 percent. The active ratio of cases stood at 23.6 percent which means for every 100 confirmed cases, 23 are currently infected in the city. The fresh cases were reported from Sectors 5, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 18, 20, 22, 23, 26, 27, 29, 30, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 55, 56, 63, Bapu Dham, Behlana, Burail, Dadumajra, Daria, Dhanas, Faidan, Hallomajra, Industrial Area phase I and II, Kaimbwala, Maloya, Manimajra, PGIMER campus, Raipur Khurd and Ram Darbar, according to the bulletin.
Meanwhile, amid the ongoing online exams in the Panjab University, two employees were tested positive for COVID-19. Following this, examination branch and single window enquiry in the Panjab University have been closed for two days for sanitation.