With 15 persons testing positive for COVID-19, the union territory of Chandigarh crossed the 500-mark on Wednesday. The total number of cases in the city now stands at 507 including 98 active cases.
The COVID-19 continues to spread its tentacles in various sectors across the city with fresh cases reported from Sector 19, 20, 43, 44, 45, 49 and Manimajra. On June 20, the city had crossed the 400-mark, while it was on June 2 when the number of COVID-19 cases had crossed 300-mark in Chandigarh.
The first case of COVID-19 in the city was reported on March 19 and it was on May 4 that the number of positive cases had crossed the 100-mark.
The number of positive cases had reached 200-mark on May 19. “15 fresh cases have been reported in the city taking the total number of positive cases to 507 in the city.
There are 98 active cases in the city,” stated Chandigarh Health Department’s evening bulletin.
Giving details of the new cases, the bulletin stated, a 54 years old female from Manimajra was tested positive. Six cases were reported positive from the same family in Sector 49. The family members included 8 years old boy, three male members aged 17, 47 and 71 and two females aged 44 and 74 years, it saidIn Sector 19, a 57 years old male was tested positive and has three family contacts, who are asymptomatic. In Sector 20, three positive cases were reported including two males aged 44 and 59 years and a female aged 53 years. They all are family members of already positive patient from Sector 20, who was working in the UT Education Department, the bulletin stated.
One case of a 25 years old female was reported in Sector 45. She is a workplace contact of a previously positive case of Punjab who was a student at PGIMER. One more positive case of a 47 years old male was reported in Sector 44. He has three family members who are asymptomatic. Two new cases were reported from Sector 43. They are 29 years old male and 57 years old female, both working in Punjab. So far, six employees of the UT Education Department who are resident of Chandigarh and their several relatives have been tested positive for COVID-19.The bulletin stated, “A 40 years old female employee, who is a resident of Mohali and working in UT Education Department was tested positive for COVID-19 last week.
She had 30 workplace contacts out of which 17 are residents of Chandigarh. Five have tested positive, 10 are negative while reports of two is awaited.”
With a surge in cases of COVID-19 in its Government offices, Chandigarh Administration had a day before issued orders for rotation of its employees allowing them to attend office in UT Secretariat building in Sector 9 on alternate days till July 31.
Earlier, the Administration had directed that teaching and non-teaching staff will not be asked to come to offices and Government and aided colleges, unless there is emergent work. They have been allowed to work from home till July 31.
Chandigarh, which is a joint capital of Punjab and Haryana has so far reported seven COVID-19 related fatalities. 8833 sampleswere tested in city till date.
The recovery rate of COVID-19 patients stood at 79 per cent in Chandigarh with 402 patients having recovered from the virus till Wednesday evening, the bulletin added.