In yet another spike in Covid-19 cases, the union territory of Chandigarh on Wednesday reported 239 fresh positive infections. Two more residents died due to Covid-19 taking the total toll to 59.
“The total positive cases stood at 4789 which included 2057 active cases. 2670 persons have so far recovered from Covid-19 in the city,” stated Chandigarh Health Department’s evening bulletin.
A day before, 204 positive cases were reported while the city had clocked its highest single-day spike with 261 cases on August 29. Giving details of the fatalities, the bulletin stated, “A 27 years old male resident of Sector 44, a case of Diabetic Ketoacidosis, expired at GMCH-32 on September 1. A 75 years old male resident of Sector 23, who had a history of hypertension was tested COVID positive on August 29. He expired at GMCH-32 due to type 1 respiratory failure on September 1.”
“The fresh cases in the city were reported from Sectors 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 27, 28, 29, 30, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 50, 51, 52, 55, 56, 63, 38 west, GMCH-32, Dadumajra, Behlana, Burail, Dhanas, Daria, Hallomajra, Kajheri, Industrial area phase I, Kaimbwala, Khuda Alisher, Kishargarh, Maloya, Manimajra, Mauli Jagran, Palsora, PGIMER campus, Sarangpur and Bapu Dham in Sector 26,” as per the health bulletin.
With continuous surge in COVID-cases, the union territory of Chandigarh remains among top three in the country in terms of worst COVID-19 parameters. The COVID-19 positivity rate, growth rate, active ratio remained higher in the city while the recovery rate remains much lower than the national average on Wednesday. The city recorded a daily test positivity rate (TPR) of 27.5 percent.
As far as the cumulative TPR is concerned, the union territory recorded a positivity rate of 14.9 percent.
In the past 24 hours, 866 samples were tested out of which 239 were tested positive. Positivity rate — the fraction of tests that return positive – is a crucial metric which suggested spread of infection in the community.
Apart from this, Chandigarh recorded 6 percent average growth rate of infections, which is the highest in the country. With the city witnessing 59 deaths due to COVID-19, the fatality rate stood at 1.23 percent
119 patients were declared cured taking the total recoveries to 2670 in the city. The recovery rate however stood at poor 55.7 percent against the national average of around 76 percent. The active ratio of cases stood at 43 percent which means for every 100 confirmed cases, 43 are currently infected in the city.