65 new COVID-19 cases in Chandigarh, one more death reported

The death of an 86-year-old man pushed the toll to 316 and the city has 379 active COVID-19 cases.Forty-six more patients were discharged after they recovered from the infection, taking the number of cured persons to 18,856, as per the bulletin.

Chandigarh on Monday reported 65 fresh coronavirus cases, taking the infection count to 19,551, according to a medical bulletin. The death of an 86-year-old man pushed the toll to 316 and the city has 379 active COVID-19 cases.

Forty-six more patients were discharged after they recovered from the infection, taking the number of cured persons to 18,856, as per the bulletin. A total of 1,77,441 samples have been taken for testing so far and of them, 1,56,995 tested negative while reports of 95 samples were awaited, it said. PTI CHS VSD DPB