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Punjab registers 503 fresh coronavirus cases, pushing tally to 1,33,658

Sixteen more people died from coronavirus in Punjab as 503 fresh cases pushed the state's infection tally to 1,33,658, according to a bulletin

A health official collects a swab sample from a woman to test for the Covid-19 inside a government school, in New Delhi. Photo: ANI

A health official collects a swab sample from a woman to test for the Covid-19

Press Trust of India Chandigarh

Sixteen more people died from coronavirus in Punjab on Saturday as 503 fresh cases pushed the state's infection tally to 1,33,658, according to a bulletin.

So far, 4,203 people have died from the infection in the state.

On Saturday, three deaths were reported from Bathinda, two each from Amritsar, Ludhiana, Mohali and Muktsar and one each from Faridkot, Ferozepur, Jalandhar, Moga and Tarn Taran, the medical bulletin said.

The places which reported new coronavirus cases included Jalandhar (105), Mohali (74) and Bathinda (58).

There are 4,257 active COVID-19 cases in the state as of now, according to the bulletin.

A total of 328 coronavirus patients were discharged after recovering from the infection, taking the number of cured persons to 1,25,198, it said.

 

Eighteen patients are on ventilator while 97 are on oxygen support, the bulletin said.

A total of 26,04,208 samples have been collected for testing so far in the state, it added.

(Only the headline and picture of this report may have been reworked by the Business Standard staff; the rest of the content is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)

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First Published: Nov 01 2020 | 9:07 AM IST

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