Two residents succumbed to Covid-19 in Chandigarh as 332 fresh infections surfaced on Wednesday in the city.
With this, the Covid-19 death toll stood at 77 while the total positive cases reached 6,704. There were 2484 active cases in the city, according to the Chandigarh Health Department's evening bulletin.
With 180 patients recovering on Wednesday, the total recovered patients jumped to 4,140 in Chandigarh. In the past 24 hours, a total of 180 patients were discharged including persons from home isolation who have completed 10 days and are asymptomatic as per Centre's guidelines, the bulletin stated.
Giving details of the fatalities, the health bulletin stated, "A 30-year-old male resident of Dhanas, a case of Tubercular Meningitis and Hemiparesis, died at GMCH-32 on Wednesday. A 76-year-old female resident of Khuda Jassu with Diabetes Mellitus and Hypertension expired at PGIMER on Wednesday."
The fresh cases were reported from Sectors 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 51, 52, 56, 63, 38 west, Behlana, Burail, Dadumajra, Daria, Hallomajra, Maloya, Manimajra, PGIMER campus, Ramdarbar, Faidan and Mauli Jagran, said the bulletin.
Among those tested positive for Covid-19 included a one month male baby from Mauli Jagran, one month female child from Sector 56, two years old female child from Hallomajra, four years old female child from Hallomajra and four years old male child from Manimajra.
41,440 samples of city residents have been tested so far. 132 reports are awaited, the bulletin added. The recovery rate of Covid-19 patients was recorded at 61.7 percent, the cumulative test positivity rate was 16.1 percent, average growth rate of infection at 4.9 percent and the fatality rate stood at 1.14 percent in the city. The active ratio of cases was 49 percent. This means that for every 100 confirmed cases, 49 are currently infected in the union territory
MORE QUARANTINE CENTRES
With Covid-19 cases surging at a fast pace and Chandigarh becoming one of the worst-affected places in the country, the UT Administration on Wednesday decided to earmark more quarantine centres, Covid-19 care centres and increase the bed capacity for infected patients in the city. The Administration also decided to not go for any fresh restrictions in the union territory. Expressing concern over the worsening situation in Chandigarh, Punjab Governor and UT Administrator VP Singh Badnore, during the war room meeting on Covid-19 on Wednesday directed the UT Administration to increase the facilities including quarantine centres, Covid Care Centre and bed capacity to facilitate the patients.
UT WRITES TO HARYANA ON VIOLATION OF SOCIAL DISTANCING NORMS
The Chandigarh Administration on Wednesday shot off a letter to the Haryana Government pointing out gross violation of social distancing norms at New Secretariat of Haryana in Sector 17 here. A letter from Manoj Parida, Adviser to UT Administrator was sent to Haryana Chief Secretary Keshni Anand Arora expressing concern over the violation of social distancing norms during joining of clerical posts in New Secretariat. "It is seen that 691 candidates have been called to join clerical posts in the New Secretariat of Haryana in Sector 17 Chandigarh. Copies of the media reports with photographs which reflected gross violations of social distancing norms are enclosed," stated the letter of UT Adviser. Social distancing norms had taken a back seat as a large number of candidates along with their relatives had reached the New Secretariat, Haryana on Tuesday to join on clerical posts.