Chandigarh, November 17
UT reported two more deaths and as many as 136 new cases of coronavirus during the past 24 hours. There are 1,026 active cases of infection in the city.
With this, the death toll has risen to 252 while the caseload has climbed to 16,022.
According to a medical bulletin issued here, a 61-year-old male R/o Dadu Majra, a case of Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome, who tested COIVD positive, expired at PGIMER. The other case related to a 77-year-old male R/o Sector 44, a case of Diabetes, Hypertension and Chronic Heart Disease, who tested COVID positive, expired at Ace Heart Hospital, Mohali.
The fresh cases have been reported from different parts of the city and the villages surrounding it.
Meanwhile, a total of 160 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 | 136 |
| Total number of active cases | 1026 |
| Samples tested in last 24 hours | 1415 |
| Total number of samples tested | 124741 |
| Total number of patients found negative | 107986 |
| Total number of patients found positive | 16022 |
| # Total number of samples rejected | 733 |
| Total number of COVID-19 patients cured till date | 14744 |
| Total number of COVID-19 deaths till date | 252* |
| Total number of samples of Chandigarh whose result is awaited | 151 |
