16 new COVID-19 cases Chandigarh, tally reaches 523
With this, the tally of COVID-19 cases in the city has reached 523.
Four members of a family including a 14-year-old boy, staying at sector 38 here contracted coronavirus. Three Manimajra residents including an eight-month-old child also tested positive, a medical bulletin said.
Besides, two cases each were reported from sectors 55 and 45 and one each from sectors 51, 40, 52, 19 and 27, the bulletin said.
A 42-year-old coronavirus patient was discharged after he recovered from the disease. A total of 403 patients have recovered in the city as of now.
A total of 9,096 samples have been taken for testing so far and of them, 8,518 tested negative while reports of 53 people are awaited, it said.