Chandigarh reports 16 COVID-19 cases; UT's toll stands at 635
Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, July 16
Chandigarh reported 16 fresh COVID-19 cases on Thursday, taking the Union Territory’s total to 635.
About 17 patients recovered from the deadly disease and were discharged from the hospital.
Earlier, a 78-year-old from Sector 19 succumbed to the virus, raising the death toll to 11.
According to the UT Health Department, the elderly man was diagnosed with COVID at the Civil Hospital in Sector 6, Panchkula, on July 14.
He was a patient of chronic heart disease with coronary stenting. He was admitted to the Panchkula three days ago and was administered oxygen also.
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