Chandigarh, Jan 29 (PTI) Punjab on Saturday reported 31 deaths and 3,325 fresh COVID cases, a daily bulletin said.

With the latest addition, the overall infection tally rose to 7,38,405, it said.

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The deaths were reported from several districts including Amritsar, Bathinda, Faridkot, Gurdsapur and Mansa.

So far, 17,190 have lost their lives to COVID in the state.

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The number of active cases in the state stood at 29,466.

Of the fresh cases, Mohali reported 605 cases, followed by Ludhiana and Amritsar, which reported 387 and 301 cases, respectively.

A total of 1,107 patients are on oxygen support while 99 critical patients are on ventilator support, the bulletin said.

A total of 6,805 people recovered from the infection on Saturday, taking the number of overall recoveries to 6,91,749, the bulletin said.

Meanwhile, the Union Territory of Chandigarh reported 321 COVID cases, taking the total count to 88,703.

With three more deaths reported in the city in the last 24 hours, the toll reached 1,115.

The number of active cases in the city was 3,819 while the number of recoveries was 83,769.

(The above story is verified and authored by Press Trust of India (PTI) staff. PTI, India’s premier news agency, employs more than 400 journalists and 500 stringers to cover almost every district and small town in India.. The views appearing in the above post do not reflect the opinions of LatestLY)