203 new coronavirus cases take Chandigarh’s tally to 5,268

Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, September 4

Chandigarh reported 203 new coronavirus cases on Friday—a development that takes the union territory’s COVID-19 tally to 5,268.

The UT also reported five deaths on Friday, taking its death toll to 68. Three of the Friday’s five fatalities were people over 70.

Test results of an 80-year-old man from Sector 19 who had heart problems, a chronic kidney injury, was diabetic and had hypertension came back positive on Friday two days after his death at the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research on Wednesday.

A 72-year-old male man from Sector 52 with heart problems, diabetes and hypertension died on Friday at the PGIMER.  Another 72-year-old man from Raipur Khurd with hypertension and Bell’s Plasy died at the Government Medical College and Hospital at Sector 32.

A 51-year-old woman from Sector 32 with diabetes and hypothyroidism died at GMCH-32.

A 36-year-old man from Bapu Dham Colony who died of refractory shock sepsis and viral pneumonia at GMCH-32 also tested positive for COVID-19.

Chandigarh has been reporting a spike in coronavirus cases since the beginning of September, consistently reporting over 200 new cases each day.

The UT has reported 922 new COVID-19 cases in less than a week since September 1.

Almost 40 per cent of the UT’s cases are still active.