Another COVID death in Chandigarh, 93 new cases

The novel coronavirus death toll in Chandigarh rose to 29 on Sunday with another fatality, while 93 new cases took the tally to 2,102, a health bulletin said.

An 87-year-old man succumbed to the infection at the Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research. He had a previous history of hypertension, diabetes and coronary artery disease, as per the bulletin.

There are 934 active cases of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and the new 93 cases include a three-year-old and a five-year-old boy. Nineteen more patients were discharged, taking the number of recoveries to 1,137, it said.

A total of 21,060 samples have been taken for tested so far, as per the bulletin. 

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