DW BUREAU / chandigarh The second dose of Coronavirus vaccine in city hospitals started on Saturday. On Saturday, 143 health care workers got their second dose of the vaccine against the set target of 265. The second dose of the vaccine was given to health care workers, 28 days after they received their first jab. Director Health Services UT Chandigarh, Dr Amandeep Kang and MS GMSH 16 also received the second dose of the vaccine. The vaccination drive started from January 16 and 374 HCWs received their first dose of the COVID vaccine. Till date 7123 HCWs and 1792 front line workers have been vaccinated from January 16 till February 13,2021. Meanwhile Chandigarh reported 17 new positive cases of COVID-19 on Saturday , taking the tally of confirmed positive cases to 21,220 .One more death due to COVID-19 has also been reported in the city which took the death toll due to COVID-19 to 345 . At present, there are 123 active cases in the city. A seventy five year old COVID positive female from Sector-37, a case of Hypertension with Chronic Kidney Disease, expired at GMSH-16. The new cases have also been reported from Sectors 8, 15, 21, 22, 23 and 47. A total of 35 patients have been discharged taking the tally of cured patients to 20,752 in the city. Panchkula reported 10 new positive cases of COVID-19 on Saturday . The new cases took the tally to 10,658. At present, there are 82 active cases in the district. The new cases have also been reported from Sector 11, 12 A and 20. A total of 10,429 patients have been discharged in the district after they successfully recovered from the infection. Mohali reported 19 new positive cases of COVID-19 on Saturday. The new cases have taken the tally of confirmed positive cases to 19,759 with 389 active cases reported. The new cases have also been reported from Mohali Urban and Gharuan. A total of 28 patients have been discharged taking the tally of recovered patients to 18,993in the district. Till date, 377deaths due to COVID-19 have been reported in the district. India's tally of COVID-19 cases rose to 1,08,92,746 with 12,143 new infections being reported in a day, while the recoveries crossed 1.06 crore, according to Union Health Ministry data updated on Saturday. The death toll increased to 1,55,550 with 103 daily new fatalities, data updated at 8 am showed. The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 1,06,00,625, which translates to a national COVID-19 recovery rate of 97.32 per cent, while the COVID-19 case fatality rate stands at 1.43 per cent. (editor@dailyworld.in)