DW BUREAU / Chandigarh Chandigarh reported 39 new positive cases of COVID-19 on Thursday, taking the tally of confirmed positive cases to 19,748. One more death due to COVID-19 has also been reported in the city which took the death toll due to COVID-19 to 317. At present, there are 386 active cases in the city. The new cases have also been reported from Sectors 7, 8, 9, 16, 18, 19, 22, 23, 37, 38, 39, 40, Dhanas and Maloya. The mobile teams scheduled for Friday will be visiting Bus Stand, Sector 17, CD Resettlement Colony, Dhanas, CD CITCO, Railway Station, Chandigarh and Police Hospital , Sector 26. A total of 78 patients have been discharged including persons from home isolation who have completed 10 days and are asymptomatic, as per MoHFW guidelines. Panchkula reported 21 new positive cases of COVID-19 on Thursday. The new cases took the tally to 9985. At present, there are 214 active cases in the district. The new cases have also been reported from Kalka, Pinjore, MDC- 4, Sectors 12, 16, 21, and 25. A total of 9629 patients have been discharged in the district after they successfully recovered from the infection. Mohali reported 41 new positive cases of COVID-19 on Thursday. The new cases have taken the tally of confirmed positive cases to 18184 with 1100 active cases reported. The new cases have also been reported fromLalru, Kharar and Mohali Urban. A total of 93 patients have been discharged taking the tally of recovered patients to 16744 in the district. Till date, 340 deaths due to COVID-19 have been reported in the district. India's COVID-19 caseload increased to 1,02,66,674 with 21,822 new infections being reported in a day, while the number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 98.60 lakh pushing the national recovery rate over 96 per cent, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Thursday. The death toll increased to 1,48,738 with 299 new fatalities, the data updated at 8 am showed. (editor@dailyworld.in)