Chandigarh, Nov 20 (PTI) Sixteen more fatalities due to COVID-19 pushed the death toll in Punjab to 4,572, while 819 new cases took the infection tally to 1,44,995 on Friday, according to a medical bulletin.

Among the new deaths, four were reported from Jalandhar, three from Mohali, two each from Ferozepur and Mansa and one each from Bathinda, Hoshiarpur, Ludhiana, Muktsar and Patiala.

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Of the fresh COVID-19 cases, Mohali registered 195 infections, Ludhiana 96 and Jalandhar 95.

According to the bulletin, Punjab has 6,504 active COVID-19 cases.

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As many as 492 coronavirus patients were discharged after recovering from the viral infection in a day, taking the number of recoveries to 1,33,919.

Twelve critical patients are on ventilator support while 141 are on oxygen support, the bulletin said, adding a total of 29,70,682 samples have been collected for COVID-19 testing so far in the state.

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