Chandigarh reports highest single-day spike of 449 fresh COVID-19 cases

 Chandigarh on Sunday registered the highest single-day spike of 449 fresh coronavirus cases, pushing the infection tally to 7,991 in the Union Territory, according to a medical bulletin.The previous highest number of cases in a day was 377 on September 8.

A 56-year-old man, a resident of sector 47, succumbed to the contagion on Sunday at a hospital here, the medical bulletin said. With this, the death toll due to COVID-19 rose to 90 in the Union Territory, it said.

The fresh coronavirus cases include a 20-day-old child. The new COVID-19 cases were detected in several areas, including sectors 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, Bapu Dham, Burail and Dadu Majra.

There are 2,728 active cases in the city as of now.

A total 306 patients were discharged after they recovered from the infection.  A total of 5,170 people have been cured so far, the bulletin said. As many as 49,451 samples have been taken for testing so far and of them, 41,168 tested negative while reports of 176 samples are awaited, as per bulletin.

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