Chandigarh, Jun 20 (PTI) Twenty-three more people tested positive for COVID-19 in Chandigarh on Saturday, taking the tally in the Union territory to 404, officials said.

Two girls aged five and seven years, and a nine-year-old boy are among the new patients, according to a medical bulletin.

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It said 316 of the infected have been cured and the city now has 82 active COVID-19 cases. The virus has claimed six lives here.

So far, 6,578 samples have been tested.

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