Chandigarh reports 14 new coronavirus cases; UT count rises to 751

Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, July 21

Chandigarh reported 14 new cases of coronavirus on Tuesday—a development that took the union territory’s COVID-19 count up to 751.

Three of the 14 new patients were staffers at hospitals—two working at Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research and one from Government Medical College and Hospital. Six were contacts of previously diagnosed cases—two women, ages 45 and 66, were from Daaria , and four people, including a toddler of one-and-a-half, from Sector 41.

Besides these, a 31-year-old man from Behlana, a nine-year-old child from Sector 29 and a 72-year-old man from Sector 9 tested positive.

Health authorities said they were tracking down to isolate and test their contacts.

The UT has 221 active cases and has recorded 12 COVID-19 deaths so far.