Fifty six more people died from coronavirus in Punjab on Saturday as 979 fresh cases pushed the state’s infection tally to 586,947, according to a medical bulletin. So far, the infection has killed 15,503 people in the State. Six deaths were reported from Amritsar, five each from Fazilka, Ferozepur, Gurudaspur, Patiala; four from Faridkot; three each from Bathinda, Hoshiarpur, Kapurthala and SAS Nagar in the past 24 hours. Amritsar reported 99 infections, followed by 92 in Ludhiana and 91 in Jalandhar. The number of active cases dropped to 14, 064 on Saturday. With 2,135 recoveries, the number of cured persons reached 5,57,380, as per the bulletin. There are 195 critical patients who are on ventilator support while 2,659 are on oxygen support. A total of 99,96,859 samples have been collected for testing so far in the state, it said.
3 DEATHS, 58 CASES IN CHANDIGARH
Chandigarh on Saturday reported 58 new Covid-19 cases, taking the infection tally to 61,056. Three more deaths were registered on the day, taking the toll to 789, a health bulletin from the administration said. The union territory has 540 active cases now. It showed 2,408 tests were conducted over the last 24 hours. The UT also recorded 79 recoveries, taking the number of cured people to 59,727. Moreover, 5518 more people were vaccinated on Saturday, taking the total count to 400,546.