Chandigarh lockdown news: Today's updates

Amid prevalent chaos and uncertainty over access to the essential services and commodities during the lockdown, we bring you the latest updates from your city.
* Update at 11.15am: Nearly 75% of the new type 1 diabetes patients are not showing up at PGI, leaving doctors worried. They feel they are staying away primarily due to the scare of Covid-19 infection in a hospital setting.
* Update at 11am: Chandigarh police have collected 1.08 crore from traffic violators during the lockdown in two months.
* Update at 10.25am: Struggling to stop labourers from heading back to their home states due to lack of work opportunities, the Punjab government plans to help them find employment by looking for jobs.
* Update at 9.27am: Death toll due to Covid-19 rises to 4,337; cases climb to 1,51,767 in India: Union health ministry
* Haryana’s Covid-19 count rose to 1,305 on Tuesday with 94 new cases, which is the biggest singleday spike so far in the state, even as Gurugram breached the 300 mark.
* Fresh cases of Covid-19 continued to mount in Punjab on Tuesday as 25 people tested positive for the virus, taking the state’s count to 2,106.
* Himachal Pradesh reported 24 positive cases of Covid-19 on Tuesday, taking the state’s tally for the coronavirus to 247.
* Haryana is expected to face around Rs 1.06 lakh crore loss this financial year because of the Covid-19 lockdown. Similarly, Punjab’s loss is projected at around Rs 83,035 crore, for Himachal Pradesh around Rs 17,728 crore and almost Rs 9,383 crore for UT Chandigarh.