Chandigarh reports new high, 174 new COVID-19 cases takes city tally to 3,209

Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, August 25

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Chandigarh reported 174 new COVID-19 infections on Tuesday—the highest single-day rise the union territory has seen thus far—taking its case tally to 3,209, a health bulletin said.

Three more deaths took the UT’s fatality count from COVID-19 to 40.

All three of Tuesday’s fatalities were people who had pre-existing health conditions. Two of them were over 70.

A 51-year-old woman from Sector 44 died at Government Medical College and Hospital at Sector 32. She had pre-existing heart problems.

A 70-year-old woman from Palsora, who died at the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, also had heart problems and was also diabetic.

The third fatality was an 80-year-old man from Sector 33 who was a diabetic, had hypertension, hypothyroidism and CNS Lymphoma. He died at Mohali’s Sohana Hospital.

Chandigarh has been reporting significantly higher number of cases all of August, but cases have especially spiralled since August 17, when the city began reporting infections in triple digits.

Just over 67 per cent of Chandigarh’s total cases have been reported in August alone.

Of that number, 1,107 infections—about 34 per cent of the city’s total cases—have been recorded since August 17.

The UT has 1,454 active cases.