Chandigarh records 171 new COVID-19 cases, six more deaths

The COVID-19 death in Chandigarh rose to 153 on Monday with six more fatalities, while 171 fresh cases pushed the infection tally to 11,678, according to a medical bulletin issued here.

The number of active cases in the city stands at 2,200, it said. A total of 222 patients were discharged after they recovered from the infection.  As many as 9,325 people have been cured so far, as per bulletin.

A total of 75,896 samples have been taken for testing so far and of them, 63,776 have tested negative while reports of 155 samples were awaited, it said.

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