Chandigarh, September 14
UT recorded five more deaths and 254 fresh cases of coronavirus on Monday. With this, the death toll has risen to 95 and case load to 8245.
According to a medical bulletin, a 20 days old baby r/o Colony No.4, a case of MODS and Sepsis, tested COVID positive, expired at GMCH-32 on Sunday. A 57-year old male r/o Sector 39, a known case of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus and Hypertension, tested COVID positive, expired at PGIMER on Monday. A 69-year-old female r/o Mauli Jagran, a case of Diabetes Mellitus, tested COVID positive, has expired at GMSH-16 on Monday. A 77-year old male r/o Sector 15, tested COVID positive, expired at Shalby Hospital, Mohali last week. A 75-year old male r/o Sector 40, tested COVID positive, expired at Grecian Hospital, Mohali on Sunday.
Meanwhile, a total of 130 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 | 254 |
| Total number of active cases | 2847 |
| Total number of samples tested | 51718* |
| Total number of patients found negative | 43171 |
| Total number of patients found positive | 8245 |
| # Total number of samples rejected | 302 |
| Total number of COVID-19 patient cured till date | 5300 |
| Total number of COVID-19 deaths till date | 95 |
| Death of COVID-19 patient due to other reasons | 03 |
| Total number of samples of Chandigarh whose result is awaited | 143 |
