Three more residents succumbed to Covid-19 in Chandigarh as 98 fresh infections surfaced on Monday.
With the death toll recording at 263, the cumulative mortality rate was recorded at 1.56 percent in the city. The daily mortality rate stood at a high 3.06 percent.
“The positive case tally reached 16769 in the union territory”, stated Chandigarh Health Department’s evening bulletin.According to the bulletin, a 36 years old male resident of Sector 52, a comorbid expired at GMCH 32. A 40 years old male resident of Sector 41, who was brought dead to GMCH 32, is tested COVID positive. A 71 years old female resident of Sector 38 west, a comorbid expired at GMCH 32.
There were 1117 active cases till the evening. 72 patients have recovered in the past 24 hours taking the total number of recoveries to 15389, the bulletin stated.The recovery rate increased to 91.7 percent while the active ratio of cases was recorded at 6.6 percent which means for every 100 confirmed cases, 6 are currently infected in the city. The average growth rate of infection was recorded at 0.8 percent.Among 98 fresh cases, 60 were males and 38 were females. A maximum of ten cases have been reported in Manimajra in the last 24 hours.The fresh cases were reported in Sectors 7, 9, 15, 16, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 55, 56, Sector 38 west, Bapudham, Dadumajra, Dhanas, Daria, Khuda Alisher, Manimajra, and Kishangarh.
133478 samples have so far been tested in the city. A total of 1388 tests were conducted in the last 24 hours and the report of 132 was awaited, the bulletin added.