With six Covid-19 fatalities reported on Monday, the death toll reached 153 in the union territory of Chandigarh. The city reported 171 fresh positive cases pushing the total Covid-19 tally to 11678. The daily count of cases remained below 200 for the second consecutive day.
Even as the fresh cases are declining in the city, the Covid related deaths remain a major concern. The COVID-19 fatality rate stood at 1.31 percent in Chandigarh.
While other Covid-19 related parameters including growth rate of infection, positivity rate, active cases percentage, recovery rate have improved in the past ten days, the fatality rate in the city remains above one percent. 97 residents have died in the month of September due to Covid-19 while 56 fatalities were reported from the month of April to August.
A total of 7332 positive cases have so far been reported in the city in the month of September. A biggest single-day spike of 449 cases was recorded on September 13.
According to the Chandigarh Health Department’s health bulletin, six fatalities, all aged above 50 years have been reported in the past 24 hours. Meanwhile, the recovery rate of COVID-19 positive cases in Chandigarh increased to 79.8 percent. The active ratio of cases stood at 18.8 percent which means for every 100 confirmed cases, 19 are currently infected in the city.