Chandigarh reported 1,114 new Covid-19 cases over the last 24 hours, the administration’s health bulletin showed on Wednesday. The four-figure infection numbers for the first time since the pandemic began in 2020.
Active cases in the city rose to 4,808. The union territory’s positivity rate stands at 21 per cent at the moment.The bulletin said 357 people were in the hospital, 25 of that number on ventilators.The UT also reported one death—an 87-year-old fully vaccinated woman who suffered from diabetes, hypertension, chronic kidney disease, and hyperthyroidism.The city’s fatality count stands at 1,084.
974 new Covid-19 cases in Mohali
As many as 974 new Covid-19 cases were reported from the Mohali district on Wednesday. A total of 399 persons have recovered from the virus in the last 24 hours.Among the new cases, 394 were from Mohali urban, 254 were from Dhakoli, 177 from Kharar, 45 from Banur, 44 from Gharuan, 23 from Boothgarh, 16 each from Lalru and Dera Bassi and five from Kurali.The total positive case cases in the district are 74,065, of which 68,624 have recovered. The active cases are 4,363. The death toll in the district stands at 1,078. Likely, 1,063 cases were reported positive in Panchkula district.
