Chandigarh reports over 300 coronavirus cases for second day
Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, September 9
Chandigarh reported 332 new coronavirus cases on Wednesday, a health bulletin said in the evening—the second day the union territory has reported over 300 cases.
The UT’s tally now stands at 6,704 infections, 37 per cent of which are still active.
Chandigarh also reported two deaths, taking its death toll to 77.
A 30-year-old man from Dhanas died at the Government Medical College and Hospital in Sector 32 on Wednesday. He had tubercular meningitis and hemiparesis, a condition characterised by weakness of one side of the body.
The second fatality was a 76-year-old woman from Khuda Jassu who was diabetic and had hypertension. She died at the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research on September 9.
Chandigarh has been reporting a spike in cases since the beginning of September, when it began reporting over 200 infections a day. Infection numbers reached a new high on Tuesday, when the UT recorded 377 new COVID-19 cases.
Chandigarh’s cases have risen exponentially in less than 10 days—the UT cases have registered a 150 per cent rise since the beginning of the September.
The development also comes on a day when Mohali also reported 307 new COVID cases—its highest single-day rise yet since it first reported infections in March—and eight deaths. Panchkula meanwhile reported 143 new cases and three deaths.
The UT’s rise in cases is part of a general upward trend in cases in the tricity since the beginning of the month. The tricity has added 5,397 new cases to its tally since September 1—about 34 per cent of the tricity’s total 15,743 cases.
Just over 37 per cent cases are still active in the tricity.
Tricity total: 15,743
Chandigarh
Total: 6,704
Active: 2,484
Deaths: 77
Mohali
Total: 5,581
Active: 2,154
Deaths 124
Panchkula
Total: 3,458
Active: 1,266
Deaths: 38
Cases since September 1
Total: 5,397
Mohali: 1,811
Chandigarh: 2,358
Panchkula: 1,228
