Chandigarh, January 5
UT recorded one more death and 41 fresh cases of coronavirus on Tuesday. The death toll now stands at 322 while the caseload has crosses the 20, 000-mark.
There are as many as 240 cases of the pandemic.
According to an official announcement, a 45-year-old COVID positive female R/o Maloya, a case of SARI, Type-2 Diabetes Mellitus and Hypertension has expired at GMCH-32. The new cases of the infection have been reported from different parts of the city and the villages surrounding it.
Meanwhile, a total of 116patients 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 | 41 |
| Total number of active cases | 240 |
| Samples tested in the last 24 hours | 1360 |
| Total number of samples tested | 186419 |
| Total number of patients found negative | 165457 |
| Total number of patients found positive | 20026 |
| # Total number of samples rejected | 936 |
| Total number of COVID-19 patients cured to date | 19464 |
| Total number of COVID-19 deaths to date | 322 |
| Total number of samples of Chandigarh whose result is awaited | 73 |
