Coronavirus: Chandigarh reports death, 2 new cases; residents of worst-hit Bapu Dham Colony protest against restrictions

Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, June 15

Restive residents of Bapu Dham colony in Sector 26 came out onto the streets protesting their continued containment even as Chandigarh reported its sixth COVID death on Monday.

The Union territory also reported two new coronavirus case, pushing the total number of cases to 355.

Bapu Dham Colony reported a new case of the contagion, taking the total of active cases in the UT to 54.

A 30-year-woman from Sector 52 was also diagnosed with COVID-19 at a Kharar hospital. The woman has a complicated pregnancy with an expected delivery date of next week. She has seven family contacts.

Residents of the Bapu Dham colony, which is a containment zone and has reported the majority of the cases in Chandigarh, thronged the roads to protest the restrictions on Monday and urged to the administration to lift them. 

They broke social-distancing norms and threw garbage on the roads. They removed barricades and raised slogans against the UT Administration.

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