India News | Covid: 56 New Cases in Punjab
Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. Three more Covid-related fatalities were reported in Punjab which took the death toll to 16,316 on Sunday, while 56 new cases pushed the infection tally to 5,99,482, according to a medical bulletin.
Chandigarh, Aug 8 (PTI) Three more Covid-related fatalities were reported in Punjab which took the death toll to 16,316 on Sunday, while 56 new cases pushed the infection tally to 5,99,482, according to a medical bulletin.
The three deaths were reported from Amritsar, Hoshiarpur and Tarn Taran, it said, adding the number of active cases stands at 456.
Of the new cases, Mohali reported 11, followed by seven each in Bathinda and Jalandhar and six in Ludhiana, according to the bulletin.
With 56 recoveries, the number of those cured from the infection reached 5,82,710, the bulletin said.
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Chandigarh reported four new cases of COVID-19, taking the total infection count to 61,978, according to the medical bulletin.
No fatality was reported on Sunday. The death toll stands at 811, it said.
The number of active cases in the city stands at 25, while 61,142 people have recovered from the infection, it added.
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