new delhi the health ministry has sent central teams to punjab and chandigarh in view of increasing cases of coronavirus and deaths in these two placesthe teams will be stationed in the state and the ut for 10 days to assist them review public health measures for containment surveillance testing and efficient clinical management of covid19 the teams include a community medicine expert from pgimer chandigarh and an epidemiologist from the national centre for disease control punjab has a case fatality ratio of 29 whereas the national average is much lower its covid19 tally is 61527 and it had 15870 active cases as on sunday the state has registered 1808 deaths chandigarh has 2140 active cases and its total cases stand at 5502 testing per million and cumulative positivity rate stand at 38054 and 1199 respectivelythe teams will guide the state and the ut in effectively addressing the challenges related to timely diagnosis and follow up the ministry said