Two more residents succumbed to Covid-19 as Chandigarh reported yet another spike of cases on Friday with 116 fresh infections.
The total tally of cases jumped to 2631 including 1170 active cases in the city. The death toll reached 33 till the evening.
A day before, Chandigarh had witnessed its record daily spike in numbers with 119 positive cases.
The city has seen a rapid surge in positive cases in the month of August with 1583 cases reported so far.
“Two residents died due to Covid-19 in the city. The deceased included a 66 years old female resident of Burail and 67 years old male resident of Sector 45,” stated Chandigarh Health Department’s evening bulletin. It added that 36 patients were declared cured and discharged from various treatment facilities taking the total recoveries to 1426.
With this, the recovery rate of Covid-19 patients stood at 54 percent in Chandigarh against the national average of around 74 percent. The fatality rate was recorded at 1.25 percent.
The fresh cases on Friday were reported from Sectors 6, 7, 8, 14, 15, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 27, 28, 29, 32, 33, 35, 36, 37, 38, 38 west, 39, 40, 41, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 56, Behlana, Butrela, Daria, Khuda Lahora, Kishangarh, Raipur Khurd, Dadumajra, Hallomajra, Manimajra, Maulijagran, PGIMER, Sarangpur and Ramdarbar, the bulletin stated.