64 deaths, 4,498 fresh virus cases in Punjab

Chandigarh, April 17

Sixty-four more people died from coronavirus in Punjab on Saturday as the state reported another record spike of 4,498 cases, pushing the infection count to 2,95,138.

Two days ago, the state had seen its biggest daily jump of 4,333 infections. With 64 more fatalities in the past 24-hours, the death toll in the state climbed to 7,834, according to a medical bulletin. 

Ten deaths were reported from Mohali, seven from Patiala and six each from Amritsar, Ludhiana and Gurdaspur. 

Ludhiana reported 835 cases, the maximum in the state, followed by 790 in Mohali, 449 in Jalandhar, 372 in Patiala and 357 in Amritsar.     

As many as 2,615 coronavirus patients were discharged after recovering from the infection, taking the number of cured persons to 2,54,805, the bulletin said.  There are 46 critical patients on ventilator while 401 are on oxygen support, the bulletin said. 

A total of 65,61,028 samples have been collected for testing so far in the state, it said.

—     PTI