Covid-19 continued to spread its tentacles in Chandigarh with 494 positive cases reported in the month of July till now.
The city reported 24 fresh cases on Tuesday taking the total tally of infections to 934. As the virus spread to new localities in July, fresh cases were reported from Sectors 15, 22, 23, 32, 40, 46, 48, 61, PGIMER, Dhanas, Mauli Jagran, Khuda Lahora, Sarangpur and Hallomajra.
With 24 new recoveries reported, the total recovered patients are now 599 in the city. The recovery rate in the city was recorded at 64.13 percent on Tuesday. On July 2, the city’s recovery rate of positive cases was 86.4 percent, which was best in the country.
While 440 COVID-19 cases were reported in around three months time period (March 19-June 30), 494 positive cases have been reported in July alone. Considering the daily surge in positive cases, the health experts anticipate the total tally will cross 1000 by the end of this month.
Till now, the city had witnessed its biggest single-day spike on July 26 with 35 positive cases and one death.
Not only this, COVID-19 has spread to new localities in the city. While till mid-June, Bapu Dham colony in Sector 26 was seen as the hotspot for positive cases. Of the total number of infections reported in the city, more than 270 positive cases have been reported from BDC. And, this month, the virus spread to Sectors like 20, 42, 44, 45, 51, 55, 63 among other areas.
“Among 24 fresh cases, 10 are contacts of previously positive tested patients. A maximum of five cases were reported from Sector 15 on Tuesday,” stated the Chandigarh Health Department’s evening bulletin.
13069 samples were tested in the city till Tuesday evening. With 14 COVID-19 fatalities recorded so far in the city, the fatality rate is 1.49 percent in the union territory.
Notably, the first positive case of COVID-19 in the union territory was reported on March 19. The positive had crossed 100-mark on May 4, 200-mark on May 19, 300-mark on June 2, 400-mark on June 20, 500-mark on July 8, 600-mark on July 14, 700-mark on July 19, 800-mark on July 23 and 900-mark on July 27.