Covid-19 update: Chandigarh reported 67 new cases on Tuesday

Chandigarh reported 67 new Covid-19 cases on Tuesday, making the UT’s overall infection tally to 14,152.

The UT also reported one more virus related death, pushing the total death toll to 223.

A 30-year-old Covid-19 positive man, who also had a head injury, died at the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, according to a medical bulletin.

A total of 49 patients were discharged after they recovered, taking the number of cured people to 13,279, the bulletin said.

As many as 1,02,933 samples have been taken for testing so far and of them, 88,155 tested negative while reports of 129 samples were awaited, it said.