Chandigarh, April 12, 2020: Two positive cases reported today are family members (household contacts) of the 40-year-old male resident of Sector 37, Chandigarh who tested positive on April 10.
Details of the positive cases are as under:
1. 55-year-old female from Delhi, mother-in-law of positive case who was visiting Chandigarh to take care of her daughter who was due to deliver.
2. 8-year-old, daughter of positive case R/o Sector 37, Chandigarh.
Contact tracing of 19th Positive Case: 114 contacts have been traced. Out of these 4 are household contacts and 110 are community contacts (Primary, Secondary and Remote Contacts).
Out of 4 household contacts 2 are nCOV positive, one is negative and another one has been re-sampled. Out of 110 community contacts 3 primary contacts have been sampled and all these three are negative. Two more primary community contacts are being sampled for nCOV.
Chandigarh (UT) COVID-19 Status Update:
Total number of COVID-19 patients hospitalized: 14
Total number of Samples Tested: 279
Total number of samples found Negative: 247
Total number of samples found Positive: 21
Total number of samples rejected: 1
Total number of COVID-19 patient Cured/discharged till date: 7
Total number of COVID-19 deaths till date: 0
Total number of samples whose result is awaited: 10