Chandigarh reports 666 new Covid-19 cases

Tribune Web Desk
Chandigarh, January 9

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Chandigarh on Sunday reported 666 new Covid-19 cases up from 541 cases recorded a day earlier to take the cumulative number of infections to 68,421.

The number of cases saw a 23 per cent increase on Sunday.

The number of active cases has risen to 2,364, up from 1,794 a day before.

The death toll remains 1,080 as no new death was reported.

A total of 96 patients were discharged, including persons from home isolation who have completed seven days and are asymptomatic, as per Ministry of Health guidelines.

A positivity rate of 14.36 per cent was recorded as 4,637 samples were tested in the last 24 hours.

A positivity rate of 12.54 per cent has been recorded in the last seven days an average of 337 cases were recorded.

As many as 64,977 people have been cured till date.