Chandigarh, Jan 29 (PTI) Chandigarh reported 27 new coronavirus cases on Friday, taking the infection count to 20,882, according to a medical bulletin.

No death was reported on Friday and the toll stands at 334. There are 159 active cases as of now, as per bulletin.

A total of 26 patients were discharged after they recovered from infection, taking the number of recuperated persons to 20,389. A total of 2,14,102 samples have been taken for testing so far, it said.

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