40 fresh COVID-19 cases take Chandigarh's infection tally to 13,686

Chandigarh, October 19

Forty fresh cases of coronavirus infection were reported in a day in Chandigarh taking the infection tally to 13,686, while no new deaths due to the disease was reported during the period.

 According to a bulletin, the death toll stood at 208.  Sixty-three patients were discharged following recovery, taking the total number of cured persons to 12,617. There are 861 active cases of COVID-19 in the city as of now, it stated.

A total of 95,776 samples have been taken for testing so far and of them, 81,509 tested negative while reports of 127 samples were awaited, the bulletin stated. --- PTI 

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