India News | 87 More Test COVID-19 Positive in Chandigarh

Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. Chandigarh on Wednesday reported 87 new cases of the novel coronavirus, bringing the infection tally to 16,925, according to a medical bulletin.

Chandigarh, Nov 25 (PTI) Chandigarh on Wednesday reported 87 new cases of the novel coronavirus, bringing the infection tally to 16,925, according to a medical bulletin.

The death of a 57-year-old coronavirus positive man pushed the related toll to 266, the bulletin said.

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Chandigarh has 1,127 active COVID-19 cases, as of now, according to the bulletin.

Seventy-seven more patients were discharged after they recovered from the infection, taking the number of recoveries to 15,532.

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A total of 1,35,876 samples have been taken for COVID-19 testing and 1,18,166 of them came out negative while reports of 120 are awaited, according to the bulletin.

(The above story is verified and authored by Press Trust of India (PTI) staff. PTI, India’s premier news agency, employs more than 400 journalists and 500 stringers to cover almost every district and small town in India.. The views appearing in the above post do not reflect the opinions of LatestLY)

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