Chandigarh reports 287 new COVID-19 cases

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Updated At : 03:35 AM Apr 03, 2021 IST

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Chandigarh, April 2

Chandigarh reported 287 coronavirus cases on Friday, which pushed the total count to 27,543 in the union territory, a daily health bulletin showed.

A 58-year-old man died of the contagion, taking the toll to 381 in the city, according to a medical bulletin.

The number of active cases rose from 2,951 on Thursday to 3,098, it said.

A total of 139 patients were discharged after they recovered from the infection, taking the number of cured persons to 24,064, the bulletin said.

It said 16,037 samples have been taken for testing so far and of them, 2,87,463 tested negative. Reports of 161 samples are awaited.

— Agencies

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