Chandigarh, Jul 5 (PTI) Seven more people including five members of a family tested positive for coronavirus in Chandigarh on Sunday, taking the COVID-19 tally to 466 in union territory.

Five members of a family including a one-and-half-year old boy tested positive for the virus. They were residents of Dhanas area here, the medical bulletin by the state government said.

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A 26-year-old woman, resident of sector 20 and a 58-year-old man, residing at sector 21 also got infected with COVID-19, it said.

A total of 8,419 samples have been taken for testing so far and of them, 7,922 tested negative while reports in 29 cases are awaited, it said.

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There are 65 active cases in the city and six people have so far died due to the virus, the bulletin said.

A total of 395 people have been cured of coronavirus as of now, bulletin said.

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