Five more residents including a 20 days old baby succumbed to Covid-19 as Chandigarh reported 254 fresh positive cases pushing the total tally beyond the 8000-mark.
“The Covid-19 toll reached 95 while the total case tally stood at 8245,” Chandigarh Health Department’s evening bulletin.
From 7292 cases on September 11 to 8245 on September 14, 1000 more cases were reported in the city in just three days.
A day before, the city had reported its biggest single-day spike with 449 fresh cases.
“There were 2847 active cases in the city till the evening. A total of 130 patients have been discharged including persons from home isolation taking the total number of recoveries to 5300, the health bulletin stated.
Giving details of the COVID-19 fatalities, the bulletin stated, “A 20-day old male baby, resident of colony no. 4, who was a case of MODS and Sepsis expired at GMCH-32 on September 13. A 57 years old male resident of Sector 39, who was a comorbid expired at PGIMER and a 69 years old female resident of Mauli Jagran, who was also comorbid, died at GMSH-16 on Monday. A 77 years old male resident of Sector 15 expired at Shalby Hospital, Mohali on September 11 andA 75 years old male resident of Sector 40 expired at Grecian Hospital, Mohali on September 13, it said.As per the bulletin, the fresh cases were reported from Sectors 2, 3, 4, 7, 8, 10, 11, 14, 15, 16, 18, 20, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 55, 56, 63, Sector 30 west, Bapu Dham colony in Sector 26, Behlana, Dadumajra, Dhanas, Hallomajra, Faidan, Raipur Khurd Industrial Area Phase I, Khuda Lahora, Khuda Alisher, Manimajra, Maloya, Mauli Jagran, Sarangpur, Daria, Ram Darbar, PGIMER campus and Kishangarh, the health bulletin stated.A maximum of 22 cases were reported from Mauli Jagran in the past 24 hours. 19 fresh cases were reported from Manimajra, which is currently the COVID-19 hotspot in the city. 14 cases were reported in Sector 45, which is among the worst affected sectors in the city while 10 new cases were reported in Sector 41, which is the worst affected sector here, as per the bulletin. Out of 254 new cases, 212 positive cases were detected through RT-PCR testing while the rest of the 42 cases were found through rapid antigen testing.
Also, 269 critical COVID patients were admitted in PGIMER’s Nehru Extension Ward, out of which 82 belonged to Chandigarh, 80 to Punjab and 38 to Haryana.
Among various COVID-19 parameters, Chandigarh on Monday has reported 64 percent recovery rate against the national average of around 77 percent. A daily test positivity rate (TPR) of 11.2 percent and a cumulative positive rate was 15.9 percent
“2267 samples were tested in the last 24 hours. A total of 51718 samples have been tested so far in the city. Report of 183 was awaited, the bulletin added.
Apart from this, Chandigarh recorded 4.8 percent average growth rate of infections. The fatality rate stood at 1.8 percent. The active ratio of cases stood at 34.5 percent which means for every 100 confirmed cases, 34 are currently infected in the city.