Ten more people died due to Covid-19 in Punjab, pushing the death toll to 4,117, while 415 new cases took the infection tally in the State to 1,31,055 on

Sunday, according to a medical bulletin.

Two deaths each were reported from Pathankot and Rupnagar and one each from Amritsar, Bathinda, Ferozepur, Ludhiana, Moga and Mohali, it said.

The places which reported fresh coronavirus cases included Hoshiarpur (74), Ludhiana (55) and Jalandhar (45). There are 4,217 active COVID-19 cases in the state, as of now, according to the bulletin. A total of 465 coronavirus patients were discharged after recovery, taking the number of cured persons to 1,22,721, it said.

Twenty critical patients are on ventilator support while 105 are on oxygen support, the bulletin said. A total of 24,78,710 samples have been collected for testing so far in the state, it said.

TWO DEATHS, 61 FRESH CASES IN CHANDIGARH

Two city residents died due to the Covid-19 as 61 fresh positive cases were reported in Chandigarh on Sunday. With this, the tally of positive cases has crossed 14,000-mark and the Covid-19 mortality rate was recorded at 1.53 percent.

“The death toll reached 218 and the total case tally stood at 14038 in Chandigarh”, stated Chandigarh Health Department’s evening bulletin.

“There were 653 active cases till the evening. 80 patients have recovered in the past 24 hours taking the total number of recoveries to 1317. The recovery rate increased to 93.7 percent while the active ratio of cases was recorded at 4.6 percent which means for every 100 confirmed cases, 4 are currently infected in the city,” as per the health bulletin.

Among 61 fresh cases, 341 were males and 27 were females. A maximum of seven cases were reported in Manimajra and Mauli Jagran here. Till now, 101219 samples have so far been tested in the city. 422 tests were conducted in the last 24 hours and the result of 109 was awaited, the bulletin stated.