Chandigarh adds 305 more coronavirus cases; tally stands past 7,000
Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, September 11
Chandigarh reported 305 new coronavirus cases and three fatalities in a span of 24 hours, an administration issued medical bulletin said on Friday—developments that pushed the union territory’s numbers past 7,000 with 83 deaths.
Two of the three fatalities on Friday were over 65. All three had pre-existing health conditions.
An 83-year-old woman from Chandigarh’s Sector 32 who was diabetic and had hypertension died at Mohali’s Grecian Hospital on Thursday.
A 68-year-old man from Sector 48 who was diabetic and suffered from hypertension and heart and kidney diseases also died at Mohali’s Grecian Hospital on Thursday.
The third fatality was a 59-year-old man from Sector 50 who was diabetic and had hypertension. He died at the Government Medical College and Hospital in Chandigarh’s Sector 32 on Thursday.
Chandigarh also reported 269 recoveries on Friday.
The UT has been reporting a significant spike in coronavirus cases since the beginning of the month, when it began reporting more than 200 infections a day. Chandigarh has added just under 3,000 new coronavirus cases—40 per cent of its total infections—and 27 deaths to its total tally in just 11 days since September 1.
Thirty one percent of that number—about 920 new infections—has been added since September 8, when the UT first began reporting over 300 cases.
Over 35 per cent of Chandigarh’s cases are still active. The UT has reported 4,600 recoveries so far.
The development comes on a day when Mohali reported 204 new COVID cases and Panchkula reported 180. The Tricity’s single-day case tally stands at 689.
Chandigarh’s uptick in cases is part of a larger pattern of rise in Tricity’s cases—the Tricity has seen a 165 per cent rise in coronavirus cases since the beginning of September.
The Tricity’s total case tally now stands at 17,164—34 per cent of which are still active.
Where Tricity stands
Total: 17,164
Chandigarh
Total: 7,292
Active: 2,606
Deaths: 83
Mohali
Total: 6,060
Active: 2,067
Deaths: 126
Panchkula
Total: 3,812
Active: 1,264
Deaths: 40
Tricity cases since September 1
Total: 6,818
Chandigarh: 2,946
Mohali: 2,290
Panchkula: 1,582
