23 more test positive for COVID-19 in Chandigarh; tally crosses 900
Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, July 27
Twenty-three more people tested positive for COVID-19 in Chandigarh in 24 hours, taking the total caseload in the UT to over 900 on Monday.
The COVID-19 death toll in the city stood at 14.
A 67-year-old male, a resident of Sector 38 who was diagnosed COVID-19 positive on July 5 was treated and discharged from PGIMER on July 14. He died on Sunday at ICU of Sector 48, COVID centre of the GMCH 32.
The patient had tested positive on July 8 and then negative on July 10, 11 in PGIMER before he was discharged on July 14.
He was later admitted for respiratory complications and was having co-morbid condition of diabetes.
Seventeen patients were discharged following recovery on Sunday. So far, 572 people have been cured of the disease, it stated. There are 321 active cases as of now in the city.
