Chandigarh adds 232 new cases; tally stands just under 6,000

Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, September 7

Chandigarh reported 232 new coronavirus cases—a development that takes the union territory’s COVID- 19 infections to just short of 6,000.

The UT also reported three new deaths, taking its tally to 74.

Over a quarter of the UT’s 5,995 cases are still active.

All three of those who died were women and one of them was over 70.

A 45-year-old woman from Dhanas who was diabetic died at the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research on Saturday.

The second was a 72-year-old woman from Sector 43 died at Mohali’s Sohana Hospital on Monday, and the last was a 50-year-old woman from Sector 37 who died of acute respiratory distress syndrome—a disease frequently seen in COVID victims—at PGIMER.

Chandigarh’s COVID-19 cases have been spiralling since the beginning of this month. The UT has been consistently reporting infections in triple digits and has added over 1,649 new cases—which is just over 27 per cent of its total cases—and 18 deaths in a week since September 1.

The development comes on a day when Mohali reported 224 new cases with six fatalities, and Panchkula reported 88 new cases and two deaths. Tricity’s total single-day case count stands at 544 with 11 deaths.

Tricity’s spike

Chandigarh’s spike also corresponds with a general uptick in coronavirus cases seen in the Tricity since the end of August. The Tricity has added 3,901 new coronavirus cases—27 per cent of its total 14,247 infections—to its tally since the beginning of the month.

Forty percent of its total cases are still active in the Tricity.  

Tricity’s total death toll stands at 224.

Where Tricity stands

Chandigarh

Total: 5,995

Active: 2,184

Deaths: 74

Mohali

Total: 5,106

Active: 2,358

Deaths: 113

Panchkula

Total: 3,146

Active: 1,214

Deaths: 34