Chandigarh, Jul 28 (PTI) Twenty-four people tested positive for COVID-19 in Chandigarh on Tuesday, taking the tally to 934 in the Union Territory, according to a medical bulletin.

Five cases were reported in Sector-15, two cases each in Sector-46, Mauli Jagran, Sarangpur, Sector-22, Sector-48 and the PGI campus, and one each in Sector-40, Sector-32, Hallo Majra, Khuda Lahora, Sector-61, Sector-23 and Dhanas, it stated.

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Twenty-four COVID-19 patients were discharged from hospitals after they recovered from the infection. A total of 599 people have been cured so far, as per the bulletin.

It stated that a total of 13,069 samples have been taken for testing so far and of them, 12,076 tested negative while reports in 56 cases are awaited.

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In total, 14 people have died because of COVID-19 so far in the city. There are 321 active cases as of now.

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