100 cases in four days as city Covid tally touches 800 mark
With one fresh death, Mohali matches UT fatality number of 13; P’kula has no Covid death
CHANDIGARH : It took Chandigarh just four days to add 100 cases to its tally that hit 800 with Thursday’s 20 fresh cases.
In the tricity, Chandigarh has reported the highest number of cases while it has conducted the least number of tests as compared to neighbouring Mohali and Panchkula.
At 6.7%, UT’S test positivity rate — a ratio of positives among those tested — is the highest in the tricity vis-a-vis Mohali’s 3.4 % and Panchkula’s 2.27%.
Mohali has recorded 13 deaths of the 643 positive cases which accounts for the highest case fatality rate of 2.02%, followed by Chandigarh with the same number of deaths out of 800 confirmed cases. Panchkula, officially, has recorded no death due to Covid-19 so far.
With more cases coming to the fore and less people being discharged, Chandigarh’s recovery rate, which it till recently topped the among UTS and states at 88%, has dropped to 66% since the onset of July.
Meanwhile, 20 fresh cases in Chandigarh were recorded from 12 areas of the city of which 15 are contacts of the previous cases.
A secretary deputed with a Punjab and Haryana high court judge tested positive for Covid 19 on Thursday. He resides in Zirakpur while he was tested in Panchkula.
The court in a statement said: “Secretary in the court of Justice
Mohali
3.4%
Panchkula
2.27%
Alka Sarin has tested positive for Covid 19. The health authorities are tracing all contacts, besides making arrangements for their testing and quarantine.”
Among the cases detected on Thursday, five are the family members of an already positive case from Bapu Dham colony. Three family members of a Covid patient from Ramdarbar were also found infected.
One case each has been reported from Sectors 21, 38, 40 42, 61, besides Mauli Jagran and Dhanas, while two cases were reported from Manimajra and three from Sector 32.