DW BUREAU / Chandigarh Chandigarh reported 40 new positive cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday , taking the tally of confirmed positive cases to 20,819. At present, there are 146 active cases in the city. The new cases have also been reported from Sectors 9, 15, 16, 17, 19, 20, 21, 23, 32, 34, and Manimajra. A total of 37 patients have been discharged taking the tally of cured patients to 20,339 in the city. Panchkula reported 9 new positive cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday . The new cases took the tally to 10,486. At present, there are 98 active cases in the district. The new cases have also been reported from Sectors 12, 16, 25, and 7. A total of 10,241 patients have been discharged in the district after they successfully recovered from the infection. Mohali reported 28 new positive cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday. The new cases have taken the tally of confirmed positive cases to 19,360 with 612 active cases reported. One more patient succumbed to the infection in the district. The new cases have also been reported from Dhakoli, Gharuan and Kurali. A total of 84 patients have been discharged taking the tally of recovered patients to 18,387 in the district. Till date, 361 deaths due to COVID-19 have been reported in the district. India's COVID-19 tally mounted to 1,06,89,527 with 12,689 new cases in a day, while 1,03,59,305 people have recuperated from the infection so far pushing the national recovery rate to 96.91 per cent on Wednesday, according to the Union Health Ministry's data. With 137 more fatalities, the death toll reached 1,53,724, the data updated at 8 am showed. The COVID-19 case fatality rate stands at 1.44 per cent. There are 1,76,498 active cases of coronavirus infection in the country which comprise 1.65 per cent of the total caseload, the data stated. According to the ICMR, a cumulative total of 19,36,13,120 samples have been tested up to January 26 with 5,50,426 samples being tested on Tuesday. India's COVID-19 tally had crossed the 20 lakh-mark on August 7, 30 lakh on August 23 and 40 lakh on September 5. It went past 50 lakh on September 16, 60 lakh on September 28, 70 lakh on October 11 and crossed 80 lakh on October 29 and 90 lakh on November 20 and one crore on December 19. The 137 latest fatalities include 47 from Maharashtra, 19 from Kerala,  14 from Chattisgarh, 11 from Punjab, nine from West Bengal, eight from Uttar Pradesh and seven from Delhi. (editor@dailyworld.in)