Four fresh cases of COVID-19 (Coronavirus) were reported on Sunday, taking the total count in Chandigarh to 174.
Three fresh cases were from the Bapu Dham colony, Sector 26 here, which has now 110 infected persons and one from Sector 40 till the evening.
The number of fatalities stands at three in the city now. The test results of a 62-year-old male resident of Bapu Dham colony, who died at the Government Medical College and Hospital, Sector32, on Saturday, also came back positive.
“A 62 years old male resident of Bapu Dham colony Sector 26 who had been reported as positive for Coronavirus had expired on Saturday at GMCH 32. He was admitted at GMCH 32 with complaints of loose stools on May 7,” stated Chandigarh Health Department’s evening health bulletin.
“The person was a patient of heart disease. He suffered from a cardiac arrest three years back for which he had undergone angioplasty and angiography. His sample for COVID-19 was taken at GMCH 32 and was found to be contaminated initially. Subsequently one more sample was taken after death which was reported as positive for Coronavirus,” it stated.
The three fresh cases of Coronavirus included a 5 years old boy, 11 years old male and 45 years old male. All are residents of Bapu Dham colony.
“5 years old boy is a family contact of already diagnosed positive case. 45 years old male is a community contact of already diagnosed positive case in the area He has two family contacts and 28 community contacts. The 11 years old male is also a community contact of already diagnosed positive patient,” the bulletin stated.
21 cases were reported from the BDC on Saturday, making it the steepest single-day spike in Chandigarh. Earlier, it was on May 1 that Chandigarh had witnessed 14 cases in a day.
The city has 147 active cases, 24 have recovered from the virus while three deaths have been reported so far.
The recovery rate has declined to 13 percent in the city, lower than the national average of around 30 percent. 2142 samples have been tested so far in the city. Report of 20 samples was awaited till the filing of this story.
Among the six containment zones of the city, the BDC contributes the highest (110) cases, followed by Sector 30-B, from where 21 infections have been reported.
The first BDC positive patient, who is a ward boy at Government Medical College and Hospital, Sector-32 was reported on the night of April 24. Since then, 109 Coronavirus positive cases have been reported from the colony, which has an estimated population of around 60000.
There are six declared containment zones in the city including entire Bapu Dham Colony (BDC), part of Sector 30-B, Kacchi Colony, Dhanas, part of Shastri Nagar, Part of Sector 38 and Part of Sector 52 in the city.
Notably, the first Coronavirus positive case in Chandigarh was reported on March 19.
Chandigarh, a joint capital of Punjab and Haryana, is declared as Coronavirus red-zone by the Central Government.