39 new Covid cases reported in Chandigarh
Chandigarh, December 31
Chandigarh on Thursday reported 39 new coronavirus cases that took the infection count to 19,748 in the Union Territory, according to a medical bulletin.
One more death in the city pushed the toll to 317, and there are 386 active cases as of now in Chandigarh, it said.
The bulletin said a total of 78 patients were discharged after they recovered from infection, taking the number of cured persons to 19,045.
A total of 1,81,186 samples have been taken for testing so far and of them, 1,60,534 tested negative while reports of 97 samples were awaited, as per the bulletin. PTI
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