Chandigarh, April 21, 2020: No new coronavirus case was reported from Chandigarh today.
Amongst family contacts, two children aged 16 years & 13 years, belonging to Sector 30 who are the contacts of a one-and-half-year old COVID 19 positive case have been sampled and turned out to be negative.
A community contact of COVID 19 positive case of Sector 30 who is residing in sector 21 has been sampled and turned out to be negative. Another community contact who is residing in Punjab has been traced and information has been conveyed to Punjab Health Department.
Contacts of Sector 18 COVID-19 positive case: A total of 25 contacts have been traced. All the twelve household contacts of the patient have been sampled and 2 more family contacts living in adjacent house have also been sampled. 3 community contacts have also been traced and are being monitored.
Chandigarh Status Update:
Total number of patients hospitalized: 13
Total number of Samples Tested: 497
Total number of samples found Negative: 445
Total number of samples found Positive: 27
Total number of patients cured/discharged till date: 14
Total number of COVID-19 deaths till date: 0
Total number of samples whose result is awaited: 24