17 more Covid-19 deaths in Punjab
- November 24, 2020
- Updated: 02:08 am
DW BUREAU / Chandigarh
With 17 more fatalities due to COVID-19, the death toll in Punjab rose to 4,631 on Monday, according to a medical bulletin. The infection count increased to 1,47,057 with the surfacing of 748 new cases in the state, as per the bulletin. Two deaths each were reported from Fazilka, Ferozepur, Hoshiarpur, Jalandhar, Ludhiana and SBS Nagar, and one each from Amritsar, Barnala, Bathinda, Muktsar and Mohali districts, it said. Jalandhar district saw 171 cases, the highest in the state, followed by 135 in Mohali and 96 in Ludhiana, among other places which reported fresh COVID-19 cases.There are 6,687 active COVID-19 cases in the state, as of now, according to the bulletin. It said that a total of 731 coronavirus patients were discharged after recovering from the infection, taking the number of cured persons to 1,35,739 in the state.
Eleven critical patients are on ventilator support while 137 are on oxygen support, the bulletin said. It said that a total of 30,24,921 samples have been collected for testing so far in the state. PTI CHS VSD http://ptinews.com/images/pti.jpg "We bring the World to you" Disclaimer : This e-mail message may contain proprietary, confidential or legally privileged information for the sole use of the person or entity to whom this message was originally addressed. India's COVID-19 caseload went past 91 lakh with 44,059 coronavirus infections being reported in a day, while the recoveries surged to 85,62,641, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Monday. The total coronavirus cases mounted to 91,39,865, while the death toll climbed to 1,33,738 with 511 new fatalities including 121 from Delhi alone, the data updated at 8 am showed. The number of active cases remained below 5 lakh for the thirteenth consecutive day.There are 4,43,486 active cases of coronavirus infection in the country as on date which comprises 4.85 per cent of the total caseload, the data stated. The national recovery rate was recorded 93.68 per cent, while the COVID-19 case fatality rate stands at 1.46 per cent. India's COVID-19 tally had crossed the 20-lakh mark on August 7, 30 lakh on August 23 and 40 lakh on September 5. It went past 50 lakh on September 16, 60 lakh on September 28, 70 lakh on October 11, crossed 80 lakh on October 29, and surpassed 90 lakh on November 20.
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