India News | 78 New COVID-19 Cases in Chandigarh
Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. Chandigarh on Saturday reported 78 fresh coronavirus cases, raising the tally to 19,423, according to a medical bulletin.
Chandigarh, Dec 26 (PTI) Chandigarh on Saturday reported 78 fresh coronavirus cases, raising the tally to 19,423, according to a medical bulletin.
The union territory also recorded the death of a 66-year-old woman due to the infection, pushing the total number of fatalities to 315.
There are now 354 active cases in the UT, as per the bulletin.
A total of 68 patients were discharged after they recovered from the infection, taking the number of cured persons to 18,754, it stated.
A total of 1,75,611 samples have been taken for testing so far and of them, 1,55,311 tested negative while reports of 110 samples are awaited, the bulletin stated.
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