Chandigarh, March 23
The coronavirus surged continued in Chandigarh on Tuesday with the city reporting one more death and 214 fresh cases of the infection during the past 24 hours. The death toll in UT has now risen to 364 while the caseload has increased to 24,881. There are as many as 2066 active cases of infection.
According to a media bulletin issued here on Tuesday, a 52-year-old COVID positive female R/o Dhanas, a case of Diabetes Mellitus, Chronic Kidney Disease and Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome expired at PGIMER.
The new cases of coronavirus were reported from different parts of the city and the villages surrounding it.
Meanwhile, a total of 126 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 | 214 |
| Total number of active cases | 2066 |
| Samples tested in last 24 hours | 2056 |
| Total number of samples tested | 296079 |
| Total number of patients found negative | 270196 |
| Total number of patients found positive | 24881 |
| # Total number of samples rejected | 1002 |
| Total number of COVID-19 patients cured to date | 22451 |
| Total number of COVID-19 deaths to date | 364 |
| Total number of samples of Chandigarh whose result is awaited | 151 |
