Chandigarh, December 31
Coronavirus claimed the life of an elderly patient on Thursday as the UT reported 39 fresh cases of the pandemic during the past 24 hours.
The death toll now stands at 317 while the caseload has climbed to 19, 748. There are as many as 386 active cases.
According to a medical bulletin issued hereby the Administration, a 72-year-old COVID positive female r/o Sector 44, a case of Diabetes Mellitus and Multiorgan Dysfunction Syndrome, has expired at Fortis Hospital, Mohali.
New cases of coronavirus have been reported from different parts of the city and the villages surrounding it.
Meanwhile, a total of 78 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 | 39 |
| Total number of Active Cases | 386 |
| Samples tested in last 24 hours | 977 |
| Total number of Samples Tested | 181186* |
| Total number of Patients found Negative | 160534* |
| Total number of Patients found Positive | 19748* |
| # Total number of samples rejected | 904 |
| Total number of COVID-19 patients Cured till date | 19045 |
| Total number of COVID-19 deaths till date | 317# # |
| Total number of samples of Chandigarh whose result is awaited | 97 |
