DW BUREAU / Chandigarh Chandigarh reported 120 new positive cases of COVID-19 on Sunday , taking the tally of confirmed positive cases to 23,096. At present, there are 1088 active cases in the city. The new cases have also been reported from Sectors 8, 10, 11, 15, 16, 17 and 22. The mobile teams for voluntary testing, scheduled on Monday, will be visiting Bus Stand , Sector 17 , CD 8, CD 20, MM Railway Station , Chandigarh and Police Hospital, Sector 26. A total of 64 patients have been discharged taking the tally of cured patients to 21,650 in the city. Panchkula reported 47 new positive cases of COVID-19 on Sunday . The new cases took the tally to 11,332. At present, there are 355 active cases in the district. The new cases have also been reported from Amravati Enclave, Bataur, DLF Valley, Kalka and Pinjore. A total of 10,828 patients have been discharged in the district after they successfully recovered from the infection. Mohali reported 206 new positive cases of COVID-19 on Sunday. The new cases have taken the tally of confirmed positive cases to 21,862 with 1359 active cases reported. One more patient succumbed to the infection in the district. The new cases have also been reported from Dhakoli, Kharar and Lalru. A total of 83 patients have been discharged taking the tally of recovered patients to 20,101 in the district. Till date, 402 deaths due to COVID-19 have been reported in the district. India on Sunday recorded 25,320 COVID-19 infections, the highest daily rise in 84 days, taking the case tally to 1,13,59,048, according to Union health ministry data. As many as 26,624 new infections were recorded on December 20. The death toll increased to 1,58,607 on Sunday with 161 new fatalities, the highest in 44 days, the data updated at 8 am showed. The country's active caseload increased to 2,10,544 and constitutes 1.85 per cent of the total infections. The recovery rate dropped to 96.75 per cent from 96.82 per cent on Saturday. The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 1,09,89,897, while the case fatality rate stands at 1.40 per cent, the data stated. India's COVID-19 tally had crossed the 20-lakh mark on August 7, 30 lakh on August 23, 40 lakh on September 5 and 50 lakh on September 16. It went past 60 lakh on September 28, 70 lakh on October 11, 80 lakh on October 29, 90 lakh on November 20 and surpassed the one-crore mark on December 19. (editor@dailyworld.in)