India News | 19 More Coronavirus Deaths, 620 New Cases in Punjab

Chandigarh, Dec 7 (PTI) Punjab on Monday reported 19 more coronavirus deaths, pushing the toll to 4,934 while 620 new cases took the infection count to 1,56,839, a health bulletin stated.

There are 7,604 active COVID-19 cases in the state, as of now, according to the medical bulletin.

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Mohali reported 148 new cases, followed by 136 in Jalandhar and 75 in Ludhiana, among fresh cases witnessed in the state.

A total of 886 coronavirus patients were discharged after recovering from infection, taking the number of cured persons to 1,44,301, as per the bulletin.

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Sixteen critical patients are on ventilator support while 168 are on oxygen support, the bulletin further said.

A total of 33,65,119 samples have been collected for testing so far in the state, it said. PTI CHS VSD

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