Chandigarh, June 2: An 80-year-old woman from Sector 30-B here tested positive for coronavirus on Tuesday, a day after she was brought dead to GMSH-16, taking the union territory’s COVID toll to five.
Chandigarh also reported a new case of coronavirus on Tuesday, taking the city’s case tally to 299.
MC Councilor Devinder Babla on Monday wrote to the UT Administration highlighting its failure in connection with the death of the woman.
The UT Administration has conducted only 125 tests in sector 30-B, which is a containment zone. A cluster of nearly 590 households was identified as part of the affected pocket in Sector 30-B on April 22.
Bapu Dham Colony reported the new case after a 35-year old man, the husband of a woman who tested positive on Monday, also contracted the disease. With the latest case, the active cases in the city have risen to 81.
