Chandigarh, June 18, 2020: Chandigarh's COVID-19 cases stand at 374, as of Thursday, said the Chandigarh Health Department.
As per the bulletin shared by the health department, there are 61 active cases in the Union Territory and 306 patients have recovered from the lethal infection. The UT has reported six deaths due to COVID-19, as of Thursday.
A 30 year old male migrant living in Manimajra in rented accommodation has been reported to be positive for nCoV. He has history of travel of Amritsar on 9th June, 2020 and returned to Chandigarh on 11th June, 2020. He developed fever on 13th June, 2020. He was hospitalized on 16th June, 2020. He has 12 community contacts. All them have been shifted to an institutional quarantine.
A total of 6,315 samples have been tested of which 5,912 samples tested negative and two samples were rejected. The result of 28 samples is currently awaited.
With the highest single-day increase of 12,881 COVID-19 cases reported in the last 24 hours, India's coronavirus count has reached 3,66,946 on Thursday.
COVID-19 has been declared as Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) by World Health Organization (WHO) under International Health Regulation (IHR).
COVID-19 Situation
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Total Lab confirmed COVID-19 cases
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Deaths due to COVID-19
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Global Scenario
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88,68,327
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4,51,654
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India Situation
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3,66,946
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12,237
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Chandigarh Status
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373
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6
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Chandigarh (UT) COVID-19 Status Update :
Total number of Active Cases
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61
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Total number of Samples Tested
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6315
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Total number of samples found Negative
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5912
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Total number of samples found Positive
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373
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Total number of samples rejected
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2
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Total number of COVID-19 patient Cured till date
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306
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Total number of COVID-19 deaths till date
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6
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Total number of samples of Chandigarh whose result is awaited
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28
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Note: All figures are tentative and subject to change on receipt of additional information.
COVID-19 POSITIVE CASES:-
S.No.
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Age
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Gender
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Result
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R/o
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Remarks
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1
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48 year
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F
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Positive
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Ramdarbar, Chandigarh
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Family contacts of already positive case of Ramdarbar.
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2
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25 year
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F
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Positive
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(Already shared on Media Group on 17-6-2020 at 8:15 p.m.)
S.No.
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Age
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Gender
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Result
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R/o
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Remarks
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3
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43 year
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M
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Positive
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Sector-43, Chandigarh
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He is a Punjab Govt. employee. He last attended his office a week ago. He has 4 family contacts. All are asymptomatic and are being sampled. He has 7 workplace contacts.
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(Already shared on Media Group on 18-6-2020 at 8:34 a.m.)
S.No.
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Age
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Gender
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Result
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R/o
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Remarks
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4
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32 year
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F
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Positive
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Sector-31
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Family contacts of already positive case who had come from Agra (Uttar Pradesh).
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5
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1.5 year
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F
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Positive
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Sector-31
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