India News | 3 More COVID-19 Deaths in Chandigarh, One-day-old Among 232 New Cases

Chandigarh, Sep 7 (PTI) Three more persons died from the novel coronavirus in Chandigarh, pushing the toll to 74 while 232 fresh cases raised the infection tally to 5,995 on Monday, according to a medical bulletin.

Among the new fatalities was a 72-year-old woman who succumbed to the contagion at a Mohali hospital on Monday, the bulletin said.

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The fresh cases include a day-old baby, it said.

The new cases were found in many areas in the city including sectors 7, 8, 14, 15, 16, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 32, 33,34, 35, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 43, 44, Behlana, Burail and Dadu Majra.

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The number of active COVID-19 cases stands at 2,184 in the city.

A total of 295 patients were discharged from hospitals after recovering from the infection on Monday, bringing the number of recoveries to 3,734 in the Union Territory, according to the bulletin.

So far 36,079 samples have been taken for COVID-19 testing in Chandigarh and results of 29,712 of them came out negative while reports of 129 are awaited, it said.

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