The Central Govt on Wednesday expressed concern over the high Covid-19 mortality rate in Chandigarh and asked the UT Administration to focus on bringing down the mortality rate. A meeting with senior UT officers was held under Union Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla through video conferencing to review the COVID-19 situation in Chandigarh.
Sources said that during the meeting, the Central Government has asked the Administration to focus on bringing down the high COVID-19 mortality rate in Chandigarh. The COVID-19 death toll stood at 199 while the positive cases were 13403 till Wednesday evening. The cumulative COVID mortality rate was recorded as 1.48 percent while the daily COVID mortality rate on Wednesday stood at 2.77 percent in the city.
The cumulative fatality rate has jumped to 1.48 percent from 1.35 percent on September 30. The other COVID-19 parameters, however, witnessed an improvement in Chandigarh since the beginning of October. The Centre has also directed the Administration to ramp up facilities to facilitate those positive patients in home quarantine, said sources.
During the meeting, the Adviser said that every 12th citizen has been tested as per the population concerned in Chandigarh. The average cases reported per day earlier was around 300-400 whereas now it's 70-80.
TWO DEAD, 72 FRESH CASE SIN CHD
Two more city residents succumbed to COVID-19 as 72 fresh positive cases surfaced in Chandigarh on Wednesday.