Chandigarh reported 801 new Covid-19 cases over the last 24 hours, a health bulletin from the union territory’s administration said on Tuesday.
Chandigarh’s active cases now stand at 3,924—a 700% rise from last Tuesday.The UT also recorded two deaths—a fully vaccinated 55-year-old woman who had suffered from a seizure disorder and a 60year-old man who had only one dose of the Covid-19 vaccine. Its total fatality count now stands at 1,083. Some 3,446 samples were taken for testing. Chandigarh’s positivity rate stood at 23.24 per cent on Tuesday—marginally higher than a day ago.