India News | Punjab Records 703 Fresh COVID-19 Cases, 31 More Deaths
Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. As many as 703 fresh COVID-19 infections took Punjab's case count to 1,39,184 on Wednesday, while 31 more fatalities pushed the death toll to 4,389, according to a health department bulletin.
Chandigarh, Nov 11 (PTI) As many as 703 fresh COVID-19 infections took Punjab's case count to 1,39,184 on Wednesday, while 31 more fatalities pushed the death toll to 4,389, according to a health department bulletin.
The fresh cases were reported from Mohali (119), Ludhiana (103) and Jalandhar (100), among other districts, the bulletin said.
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Four deaths each were reported from Patiala and Mohali; three each from Kapurthala, Ludhiana and Moga; two each from Bathinda, Hoshiarpur, Jalandhar and Sangrur; and one each from Amritsar, Faridkot, Fazilka, Ferozepur, Rupnagar and Tarn Taran, it stated.
A total of 460 coronavirus patients were discharged after recovering from the infection, taking the number of cured persons to 1,29,549, the bulletin said.
There are 5,246 active COVID-19 cases in the state, it said.
Fifteen critical patients are on ventilator support, while 156 are on oxygen support, it added.
So far, a total of 28,01,305 samples have been collected for testing in the state, according to the bulletin. PTI CHS VSD
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