Five more residents succumbed to Covid as Chandigarh reported 203 fresh cases on Friday. With this, the Covid toll stood at 68 while the total case tally jumped to 5,268.
There were 2,092 active cases in the city. With 222 fresh recoveries in the last 24 hours the number of recovered patients reached 3,105, according to the Chandigarh Health Department’s evening bulletin.
With 68 deaths till now, the fatality rate in the city stood at 1.29%. A maximum of 41 Covid related deaths were reported in the month of August. 12 fatalities have so far been reported in the month of September.
The fresh positive cases were reported from Sectors 4, 5, 7, 9, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 32, 33, 34, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 44, 45, 46, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 56, 63, 38 west, Daria, Dhanas, Hallomajra, Khuda Lahora, Khuda Jassu, Maloya, Manimajra, Mauli Jagran, Raipur Khurd, PGIMER campus, Ram Darbar, the bulletin stated.
Among those tested positive for Covid in the past 24 hours included one and a half years old male child from Sector 52, two years old male child from Mauli Jagran and three years old female child from Dhanas.
In the past 24 hours, a total of 222 patients have been discharged including persons from home isolation who have completed 10 days and are asymptomatic as per Centre’s guidelines, the bulletin stated.