Chandigarh, September 3
UT reported four more deaths and a record 276 new cases of coronavirus on Thursday, taking the death toll to 63 and total infection cases to 5065. There are as many as 2116 active cases.
According to a medical bulletin issued by the Administration, a 72-year-old male, r/o Mauli Jagran, a case of Hypertension and COR Pulmonale, tested COVID positive, expired at CH-48 on Wednesday. The other case related to a 65-year-old male, r/o Sector 48, had a history of Hypertension and Asthma, tested COVID positive. He has expired at Grecian Hospital, Mohali last week.
A 58-year-old female, r/o Mauli Jagran, a known case of Hypertension and Diabetes Mellitus, tested COVID positive. She has expired due to cardiac arrest at CH-48 on Wednesday. The fourth case related to a 44-year-old female, r/o Manimajra had a history of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus and Hypertension tested COVID positive. She has expired at GMCH-32 on Wednesday.
Meanwhile, a total of 213 patients have been discharged including persons from home isolation who have completed 10 days and are asymptomatic as per MoHFW guidelines.
Chandigarh (UT) COVID-19 Status Update:-(RT-PCR)+ (Rapid-Antigen)
| Total number of active cases | 2116 |
| Total number of patients tested | 33007 |
| Total number of patients found negative | 27664 |
| Total number of patients found positive | 5065 |
| Total number of samples rejected | 207 |
| Total number of COVID-19 patient cured till date | 2883 |
| Total number of COVID-19 deaths till date | 63 |
| Death of COVID-19 patient due to other reasons | 03 |
| Total number of samples of Chandigarh whose result is awaited | 71 |
| *Total number of samples of Chandigarh collected | 33951 |
