Chandigarh, October 20
After a gap of one day, UT reported one more death and 57 fresh cases of coronavirus on Tuesday. The death toll has now risen to 209 while the caseload has increased to 13743. The figure includes 810 active cases.
A medical bulletin issued by the Administration said that a70-year-old male R/o Manimajra, died at PGIMER on Monday at 10:15 pm. He was a case of severe head injury caused by self-inflicted gunshot. He was sampled on admission and was found positive.
Fresh cases have been reported from different parts of the city and the villages surrounding it.
Meanwhile, a total of 107 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 | 57 |
| Total number of active cases | 810 |
| Samples tested in last 24 hours | 931 |
| Total number of samples tested | 96707 |
| Total number of patients found negative | 82377 |
| Total number of patients found positive | 13743 |
| # Total number of samples rejected | 587 |
| Total number of COVID-19 patient cured till date | 12724 |
| Total number of COVID-19 deaths till date | 209* |
| Total number of samples of Chandigarh whose result is awaited | 131 |
