COVID-19: 82 new cases in Chandigarh

Chandigarh on Wednesday reported 82 new coronavirus cases, taking the infection count to 19,266, according to a medical bulletin. The death of an 82-year-old woman pushed the toll to 313.There are 369 active cases in the union territory as of now, as per bulletin.

Chandigarh on Wednesday reported 82 new coronavirus cases, taking the infection count to 19,266, according to a medical bulletin. The death of an 82-year-old woman pushed the toll to 313.

There are 369 active cases in the union territory as of now, as per bulletin. A total of 76 patients were discharged after they recovered, taking the number of cured people to 18,584, it said.

A total of 1,72,379 samples have been taken for testing so far and of them, 1,52,240 tested negative while reports of 139 samples were awaited, the bulletin said. PTI CHS VSD RHL.