26 new cases take Chandigarh tally to 717

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, July 19

With 26 persons testing positive for Covid-19 today, the city crossed the 700 mark. The UT Covid tally today rose to 717 with 217 active cases.

Eight of a family in Dhanas contracted the infection. Three boys, two of them aged 10 and the other 13, three women, aged 57, 34 and 32, and two men, aged 32 and 45, were among those found infected.

A 78-year-old woman from Sector 48 also contracted the virus. A 48-year-old Daria man was found suffering from the contagion. He has three family members and all of them have been sampled.

A 32-year-old man, who lives in Sector 32, was found positive. A 48-year-old woman from Sector 7 also contracted the infection.

A 45-year-old man from Sector 45 was found infected. A 48-year-old woman from Mauli Jagran, two men, aged 52 and 56, from Sector 39 and a 33-year-old woman and a 36-year-old man from Sector 42 were also found suffering from the virus.

Two women, aged 54 and 25, from Sector 46 tested positive for the contagion. A 56-year-old man also contracted the infection. He has three family members and all are asymptomatic.

Two women, aged 30 and 58, from Sector 30 were found infected. A 67-year-old man in Sector 19 was also infected. He has three family members and all are asymptomatic.

A 10-year-old boy was found infected in Sector 39. He has three family members and a maid. All of them are asymptomatic. A 50-year-old man from Sector 20 also tested positive.

Meanwhile, three patients were discharged today.