Punjab sees 40 fresh Covid cases

Chandigarh, August 5 The Covid-19 infection tally in Punjab on Thursday rose to 5,99,304 with 40 fresh cases, according to a medical bulletin. No Covid-related death was reported on Thursday. The death toll, which stands at 16,301, includes two fatalities...

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Updated At : 04:05 AM Aug 06, 2021 IST

Chandigarh, August 5

The Covid-19 infection tally in Punjab on Thursday rose to 5,99,304 with 40 fresh cases, according to a medical bulletin.

No Covid-related death was reported on Thursday.

The death toll, which stands at 16,301, includes two fatalities which were not reported earlier, according to the bulletin.

The number of active cases stands at 464, it said.

Fazilka, Hoshiarpur and Ludhiana reported five cases each, followed by four each in Amritsar and Mohali.

With 45 recoveries from the infection, the number of cured people reached 5,82,539, it said. PTI