The total number of Covid-19 cases in Punjab mounted to 178,111 on Saturday with 385 fresh infections while the death toll climbed to 5,748 as eight more people succumbed to the disease, according to a medical bulletin.
Among other districts, Ludhiana reported 62 fresh cases, Jalandhar 38 and SAS Nagar 30, the bulletin said. A total of 264 coronavirus patients were discharged after recovering from the infection, taking the number of cured persons to 1,69,480, it said. There are 2,883 active cases in the state, the bulletin stated. 10 critical patients are on ventilator support while 83 are on oxygen support, it said. So far, a total of 48,33, 218 samples have been collected for testing in the state, it said.
111 NEW CASES IN HARYANA
Haryana on Saturday recorded 111 fresh coronavirus cases, taking the total number of infections in the state to 2,69,609, a Health Department bulletin said. With no death taking place during the past 24 hours, the total number of Covid-19 fatalities in the state stood at 3,042, according to the bulletin. The fresh cases include 25 from Gurugram and 24 from Karnal districts. The number of active cases in the state were 816, while as many as 2,65,751 have recovered. The recovery rate was 98.57 percent, it stated.
26 CASES, 1 DEATH IN CHANDIGARH
Chandigarh on Saturday recorded 26 fresh Covid-19 infections which took its caseload to 21,397, according to a medical bulletin. One more person died taking the total death toll to 349, the bulletin said. There are 169 active cases in Chandigarh. Twelve patients were discharged after they recovered from the infection. With this, the number of cured persons has risen to 20,879, it said.