Four more people succumbed to the coronavirus in Punjab, bringing the death toll to 5,694, while 261 fresh cases pushed the infection count to 176,064 on Saturday, according to a medical bulletin.
Meanwhile, 57 health workers were vaccinated second dose on Saturday. A total of 2372 health workers and frontline workers were vaccinated on the day in the State, said Health official, adding that 1, 03, 725 health workers and frontline workers have been fascinated so far in the State.
As per bulletin, there are 2335 active COVID-19 cases in the state, as of now, the bulletin said. SBS Nagar reported 82, Ludhiana 30 cases, SAS Nagar 19, Kapurthala and Hoshiarpur 18, Jalandhar and Amritsar 17 among fresh cases witnessed in the State.
The recovery count rose to 1,68,035 as 221 more patients were discharged after recovering from the infection, the bulletin said. Five critical COVID-19 patients are on ventilator support while 93 are on oxygen support, it said. A total of 47,09,119 samples have been collected for testing so far in the state, it said.