India, May 28 -- A 40-year-old patient from Firozabad, Uttar Pradesh, who was referred to the Government Medical College and Hospital, Sector 32, Chandigarh, from Ludhiana died after testing positive for Covid-19, medical superintendent GP Thami said on Wednesday.

This is the first reported case of Covid-19 in Chandigarh amid the recent surge in the infection across the country.

The patient, who worked in Ludhiana, had been referred to the Chandigarh hospital with respiratory problems two days ago. On Tuesday, he tested positive for Covid-19 and died early on Wednesday morning.

The patient was in isolation in the hospital's Covid-19 ward.

The death comes a day after a 25-year-old man tested positive for Covid-19 in Ferozepur. All thos...