Chandigarh, November 15
UT recorded two more deaths and 168 fresh cases of coronavirus during the past 48 hours, in a clear indication that the pandemic which had shown signs of weakening in recent days is slowly but surely staging a comeback.
With this, the death toll in the city has risen to 248 while the caseload has climbed to 15,804. There are as many as 1088 active cases of the infection.
A medical bulletin issued here on Sunday said that a 67-year-old male R/o Sector 41, a case of Diabetes Mellitus, Hypertension and Acute Chronic Kidney Disease, who tested COVID positive, expired at PGIMER. In the second case, a 53-year-old female R/o Khuda Lahora, a case of Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome and Metabolic Acidosis, who tested COVID positive, expired at PGIMER.
Meanwhile, a total of 87 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 in last 48 hours (last 2 days) | 168 |
| Total number of active cases | 1088 |
| Samples tested in last 48 hours | 705 |
| Total number of samples tested | 122189 |
| Total number of patients found negative | 105664 |
| Total number of patients found positive | 15804 |
| # Total number of samples rejected | 721 |
| Total number of COVID-19 patients cured to date | 14468 |
| Total number of COVID-19 deaths till date | 248* |
| Total number of samples of Chandigarh whose result is awaited | 61 |
