Chandigarh, Nov 19 (PTI) Sixteen more fatalities due to COVID-19 in Punjab pushed the death toll to 4,556, while 792 new cases took the infection tally to 1,44,177 on Thursday, according to a medical bulletin.

There are 6,194 active COVID-19 cases in the state as of now, the bulletin said.

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The places which reported new coronavirus cases include Mohali (135), Jalandhar (122) and Ludhiana (108).

A total of 510 coronavirus patients were discharged after recovering from the infection, taking the number of cured persons to 1,33,427, the bulletin added.

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Thirteen critical patients are on ventilator support, while 139 are on oxygen support.

A total of 29,46,382 samples have been collected for testing so far in the state, the bulletin said. PTI CHS VSD

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