The union territory of Chandigarh witnessed two more COVID-19 deaths as 204 fresh positive cases were reported on Tuesday.
“With this, the COVID-19 toll reached 57 while the total cases stood at 4550. There were 1939 active cases till Tuesday in the city,” stated Chandigarh Health Department’s evening bulletin.
Out of 204 positive cases, 157 were detected through RT-PCR testing while others were found through rapid antigen testing.
The fresh cases in the city were reported from Sectors 4, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 15, 16, 18, 19, 20, 21, 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, 50, 51, 56, 63, 38 west, Behlana, Burail, Dhanas, Hallomajra, Kajheri, Industrial area phase II, Maloya, Manimajra, Mauli Jagran, Palsora, PGIMER campus, Ram Darbar and Bapu Dham in Sector 26, as per the bulletin.
One year old female child from Sector 39, two years old male child from Sector 23 and three years old male child from Sector 45 were among those found infected.
Meanwhile, 120 fresh recoveries were reported in the past 24 hours taking the total number of recovered persons to 2551 in the city.31268 samples have been so far tested in the city. Reports of 93 were awaited, the bulletin added.