CHANDIGARH/MOHALI/PANCHKULA: Panchkula got a major respite with a recovery rate of 98.55%, highest in the Tricity, followed by Chandigarh at 98.28% and Mohali at the lowest of 97.93%.
On Thursday, the number of positive cases in the Tricity stood at 57, out of which Chandigarh registered just 19 cases, Panchkula reported the lowest of 10 while Mohali had the maximum of the day at 28.
Positivity rate of Chandigarh and Panchkula stands at 1.13%.
In Chandigarh, a total of 19 positive cases surfaced on Thursday with 42 recoveries and no death.
Of these, 11 were men and eight were women.
Health officials said that in the past one week, the number of active patient count has dropped substantially to be recorded at 247 from 432 last week.
A total of 807 deaths have been reported.
Health department officials said as of now, 61,542 positive cases have been reported, of which 60,488 have recovered and 247 cases are active.
Mohali registered 28 positive cases and 36 recoveries.
One patient however, succumbed to the deadly virus, said deputy commissioner Girish Dayalan.
The active case count has further fallen by nine cases, to be recorded at 360 in a day from 369 a day before.
Recovery rate also jumped to 97.93% in a day.
Health department officials said as of now, the total number of positive cases reported in the district is 68,138 out of which 66,734 have recovered and 360 cases are active.
The total deaths in the district are 1,044.