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Covid-19: Punjab records 17 deaths, over 1400 new cases
Punjab on Wednesday reported 1,422 fresh coronavirus cases, pushing the infection tally to 1,92,040.
Seventeen more fatalities took the death toll from the disease to 5,978 in the state, according to a medical bulletin.
The number of active cases also increased from 8,522 on Tuesday to 9,402 on Wednesday.
A total of 496 coronavirus patients were discharged after recovering from the infection, taking the number of cured persons to 1,76,660, according to the bulletin.
There are 20 critical patients who are on ventilator support, while 176 are on oxygen support, the bulletin said.
A total of 52,63,900 samples have been collected for testing so far in the state, it said.
Meanwhile, Chandigarh reported 87 more cases, taking the infection count to 22,589, according to a medical bulletin.
The death of a 55-year-old man took the death toll in the union territory to 357.
The number of active cases rose from 778 on Tuesday to 816 on Wednesday, according to the bulletin.
A total of 48 patients were discharged after they recovered from the infection, taking the number of cured persons to 21,416.
A total of 2,72,059 samples have been taken for testing so far and of them, 2,48,501 tested negative while reports of 138 samples were awaited.