COVID: 19 new cases in Chandigarh

Chandigarh on Sunday reported 19 new coronavirus cases, taking the infection count to 21,107, according to a medical bulletin.

The death of a 56-year-old man took the toll to 340, it said.

There are 169 active cases as of now, as per the bulletin.

A total of 33 patients were discharged after recovery, taking the number of those recovered to 20,598, it said. A total of 2,25,242 samples have been taken for testing so far and of them, 2,03,192 tested negative while reports of 62 samples were awaited, the bulletin said. PTI CHS VSD KJ