As many as 89 persons tested positive for coronavirus in Chandigarh on Tuesday. This has taken the tally to 2,305 with 1,030 active cases.
Four cases were reported from Sectors 38 and 45; three from Sectors 15, 40; two from Sectors 19, 22, 37; and one from Sectors 4, 8, 10, 26, 30, 32, 35, 39, 42, 44, 47, 52, 56 and 61.
Panchkula reported 62 new Covid-19 cases, the highest single-day spike for the district yet, officials said. This takes the district’s tally to 1,267 with 398 active cases. Out of the reported cases, three men in are from ITBP and six are staffers from Panchkula police headquarter.
Meanwhile, the health department said that 19 people whose tests came back positive could not be tracked down, primarily because they provided wrong contact details. The health department said that these cases will not be taken into account in the overall tally.
Nine cases came from Sector 15; four Sector 8, 3 each from Sector 21, Pinjore, Sector 9, Sector 20, Sector 10, Sector 19 and ITBP, one each from Sector 25, Sector 2, Mansa Devi Complex Sector 4, village Kundi, Sector 4, Mansa Devi Complex Sector 5, Kalka, Sector 27 and Sector 17.
