Ten more residents have been tested positive for COVID-19 in Chandigarh taking the city’s total tally to 559 on Sunday.
The fresh cases were reported from Sectors 7, 19, 21, 32, 45 and 63. Seven of the ten cases—four from Sector 45, two from Sector 21 and one from Sector 7 are the contacts of previously positive tested patients.
The active cases have increased to 134 in the city.
Among the 10 cases, four members of a family in Sector 45 were tested positive. The patients included two females aged 30, 50 years and two males aged 28 and 58 years. They are contacts of previously positive patient in the same house, stated Chandigarh Health Department’s evening bulletin.
In Sector 21, a 23 years old male and 45 years old female, both family members of a previously tested positive patient have been found infected as well. Similarly in Sector 7, a 58 years old male, who is working in Chandigarh and is a permanent resident of Delhi was tested positive.
He is a contact of previously tested positive case in Delhi, the bulletin stated. Among other cases, a 54 years old female from Sector 63 having two family members was tested positive. A 60 years old male in Sector 19 was also found infected.
Another positive case is of a 39 years old male from Sector 32.
According to the bulletin, the recovery rate stood at 74 percent in the city with 417 recoveries recorded so far. Four residents including three from Manimajra and one from Sector 21 completed their home isolation and were declared cured.
Meanwhile, the UT Administration is considering imposing strict lockdown restrictions in view of a surge in COVID-19 cases every day in the city. Besides considering imposing a complete lockdown on weekends, the UT Administration is also mulling to reduce the relaxation timings under unlock 2.0. The issue will be discussed on Monday under the review meeting to be held under Punjab Governor and UT Administrator VP Singh Badnore.