Chandigarh, Nov 27 (PTI) Chandigarh on Friday reported 106 new COVID-19 cases, taking the union territory's infection tally to 17,157.

The city has 1,190 active cases, according to a medical bulletin.

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No death was reported on Friday and the toll stands at 270.

A total of 85 patients were discharged after they recovered from the infection, taking the number of cured persons to 15,697, as per the bulletin.

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So far, 1,40,730 samples have been taken for testing and of them, 1,22,777 tested negative, while reports of 152 samples were awaited, it said.

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