Two more city residents succumbed to the COVID-19 as 136 fresh positive cases were reported in Chandigarh on Tuesday.
“With this, the positive cases crossed 16000-mark in the city. The total case tally stood at 16022 while the death toll reached 252 in the city”, stated Chandigarh Health Department’s evening bulletin.
The COVID-19 mortality rate stood at 1.57 percent in the city.According to the bulletin, “There were 1026 active cases till the evening. 160 patients have recovered in the past 24 hours taking the total number of recoveries to 14744.”
The recovery rate was recorded at 92 percent while the active ratio of cases was recorded at 6.4 percent which means for every 100 confirmed cases, six are currently infected in the city.
Giving details of the COVID-19 fatalities, the bulletin said, “A 61 years old male resident of Dadumajra, a comorbid, expired at PGIMER. A 77 years old male resident of Sector 44, a comorbid died at Ace Heart Hospital, Mohali.”
Among 136 fresh cases, 81 were males and 55 were females. A maximum of 14 cases were reported in Manimajra here. As per the health bulletin, the fresh cases were reported in Sectors 4, 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, 16, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 26, 27, 28, 29, 31, 32, 33, 35, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, Behlana, Dadumajra, Daria, Kaimbwala, Khuda Alisher, PGIMER, Manimajra, Mauli Jagran and Ram Darbar.
124741 samples have so far been tested in the city. 1415 samples were tested in the last 24 hours and the report of 151 is awaited, the bulletin added.