Chandigarh, Jul 21 (PTI) Fourteen more people tested positive for COVID-19 in Chandigarh on Tuesday, taking the total number of cases reported so far in the Union Territory to 751.

Four members of a family, including a one-and-half-year-old girl, in Sector 41 area of the city were among new cases.

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Two cases each were reported in Daria and Sector 9 and one each in Behlana, Sector 32 and Sector 29. Three members of a family in Sector 15 also tested positive for the viral disease, according to the medical bulletin.

So far, 12 people have died in the city due to COVID-19.  

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A total of 11,271 samples have been taken for testing so far and of them, 10,468 were negative while reports in 50 cases are awaited, the bulletin stated.

There are 221 active cases in the city. A total of 518 people have been cured of the disease so far, it said.

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