One death, 145 fresh coronavirus cases in Chandigarh

1,081 active cases in UT, infection tally up to 16,167

Tribune Web Desk

Updated At : 03:15 AM Nov 19, 2020 IST

Chandigarh, November 18

One more person succumbed to coronavirus in Chandigarh on Wednesday as 145 fresh cases took the infection tally in the Union Territory to 16,167.

So far, 253 people have died from the infection in the UT. There are 1,081 active cases as of now, read a bulletin.

A total of 89 patients were discharged after they recovered from the infection, taking the number of cured people to 14,833, it said.

A total of 1,26,852 samples have been taken for testing so far and of them 1,09,943 tested negative while reports of 161 samples are awaited, it added. PTI

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