Chandigarh, April 20
The UT Administration on Tuesday announced that a complete lockdown would be observed in Chandigarh tomorrow in conjunction with Mohali in another attempt to break the infection chain which is taking a heavy toll of human life in the Tricity.
Tomorrow being a holiday on account of Ram Navmi, the Administration apprehended that crowding of temples and other religious places by devotees could give a further fillip to the spread of the virus. Hence, the decision to enforce a lockdown in the city.
The Administration is also of the view that a lockdown in Chandigarh alone will not be effective unless there is a lockdown in the Tricity because of the heavy traffic between Chandigarh, Mohali and Panchkula. However, the Panchkula district administration has refused to impose a lockdown in the township.
Meanwhile, the march of pandemic continued unabated in Chandigarh on Tuesday with the city recorded four more deaths and 602 new cases of the infection in 24 hours. According to an official bulletin, an 80-year-old COVID positive Male R/o Sector 47, a case of Type-2 Diabetes Mellitus, Hypertension and Severe Acute Respiratory Infections, expired at GMCH-32. In the second case, a 92-year-old COVID positive Male R/o Sector 24, a case of Severe Acute Respiratory Infections expired at GMCH-32. The third fatality was that of a 66 year old COVID positive Female R/o Sector 38 West, a case of Bilateral Pneumonia who expired at GMSH 16. The fourth case related to a 79-year-old COVID positive Male R/o Sector 20, a case of Refractory Septic Shock and Chronic Liver Disease expired at PGIMER.
The death toll in Chandigarh now stands at 421 while the caseload has increased to 35, 148. There are now as many as 3959 active cases of the infection.
The new cases of coronavirus have been reported from different parts of the city and the villages surrounding it.
Meanwhile, a total of 443 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 new positive cases | 602 |
| Total number of active cases | 3959 |
| Samples tested in last 24 hours | 3026 |
| Total number of samples tested | 368438 |
| Total number of patients found negative | 332216 |
| Total number of patients found positive | 35148 |
| Total number of samples rejected | 1074 |
| Total number of COVID-19 patients cured to date | 30768 |
| Total number of COVID-19 deaths to date | 421 |
| Total number of samples of Chandigarh whose result is awaited | 68 |
