Two more city residents succumbed to the COVID-19 as 95 fresh positive cases were reported in Chandigarh on Wednesday.
“The death toll reached 243 and the total case tally stood at 15434 in Chandigarh”, stated Chandigarh Health Department’s evening bulletin.
“There were 958 active cases till the evening in the city. 57 patients have recovered in the past 24 hours taking the total number of recoveries to 14233. The recovery rate increased to 92.2 percent while the active ratio of cases was recorded at 6.2 percent which means for every 100 confirmed cases, 6 are currently infected in the city,” the bulletin said.
The cumulative COVID-19 mortality rate was recorded at 1.57 while the daily mortality rate stood at a high of 2.1 percent.
Giving details of the COVID-19 fatalities, the bulletin said, “A 73 years old male resident of Sector 18, a case of acute respiratory distress syndrome, type 2 diabetes mellitus and hypertension, expired at Fortis hospital, Mohali. A 52 years old female resident of Dhanas, a case Diabetes died at GMCH 32.”Among 95 fresh cases, 53 were males and 42 were females. A maximum of 13 cases were reported in Manimajra here.
As per the health bulletin, the fresh cases were reported in Sectors 8, 9, 10, 14, 15, 16, 19, 20, 21, 24, 26, 27, 28, 32, 32, 33, 34, 35, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49,
50, 61, 63, Burail, Daria, Dhanas, Faidan, Maloya, Manimajra, Mauli Jagran, PGIMER and Ram Darbar.
119635 samples have so far been tested in the city. A total of 1356 tests were conducted in the last 24 hours and the report of 139 was awaited, the bulletin added.