The number of Coronavirus cases reached the 200-mark in Chandigarh on Tuesday evening.
Three fresh positive cases including two from Bapu Dham colony and one from Dhanas was reported taking the total number to 200 in the city.
It was on May 4 that the number of coronavirus cases had crossed the 100-mark in Chandigarh, a day after the curfew was lifted in the city.
Ironically, the number reached 200 mark, a day after further relaxations under lockdown 4.0 were announced in the city.
The first case of Coronavirus was reported on March 19 in the city.
With three more people being cured of the infection, the active cases now stood at 140 while a total of 57 patients have recovered till Tuesday. “A 55 years old female and a 28 years old female, both family contact of Coronavirus patient, have been tested positive on Tuesday.
A 34 years old male from rehabilitation Dhanas colony has also tested positive for Coronavirus,” stated Chandigarh’s Health Department evening bulletin.
57 patients have recovered and the total number of active patients is 140 in the city. So far, three Coronavirus deaths have been reported, the bulletin stated. 3031 samples have been tested so far and report of 48 is awaited, the bulletin further stated.
Meanwhile, four community contacts of positive Bapu Dham colony resident, two community contacts of a Maloya resident and four family contacts of a Sector 30 patient have been tested negative for Coronavirus.
The city has six containment zones including Bapu Dham colony (BDC), part of Sector 30-B, Kacchi Colony, Dhanas, part of Shastri Nagar (Manimajra), Part of Sector 38 and Part of Sector 52. The BDC has so far recorded 130 positive cases.
Meanwhile, three more patients including two males aged 30 and 42 years from Bapu Dham cluster, and one female aged 60 years from Dhanas were declared cured of Coronavirus and discharged from PGIMER on Tuesday. With this, PGIMER’s Covid Hospital’s strength of those ‘declared cured’ and discharged touched 59.