41 more COVID-19 deaths, 1,513 new cases in Punjab

death toll from COVID-19 rose to 1,219 in Punjab with 41 more fatalities while infection tally jumped to 46,090 with detection of 1,513 new cases on Wednesday, according to a medical bulletin.

Twelve new fatalities were reported from Ludhiana; five from Patiala; four each from Kapurthala and Hoshiarpur; three from Gurdaspur; two each from Barnala, Mansa, Muktsar and Sangrur and one each from Bathinda, Jalandhar, Mohali, Moga and Pathankot, bulletin said.

Among districts which reported fresh COVID-19 cases included Ludhiana (472), Patiala (237), Jalandhar (147), Gurdaspur (131), Hoshiarpur (83), Amritsar (73) and Kapurthala (69).

A total of 1,086 vel coronavirus patients were discharged from hospitals after recovering from infection. state has so far seen 30,231 recoveries from COVID-19.

re are 14,640 active COVID-19 cases in state, as of w, according to bulletin.

Sixty patients are on ventilator support while 423 are on oxygen support, bulletin said.

With a collection of 22,112 more samples for COVID-19 testing, figure of total samples taken so far for testing has reached 9,64,051 in state, it said.