Four deaths, 68 fresh Covid cases in Punjab

Chandigarh, July 20

Four more people died from coronavirus in Punjab on Tuesday as 68 fresh cases surfaced, taking the state’s infection tally to 5,98,455.

Till now, 16,244 people have died from the infection in the state, according to a medical bulletin.

Two deaths were reported from Ferozepur and one each from Fatehgarh Sahib and Muktsar.

The state’s total death account also included three deaths, which were not reported earlier, as per the bulletin.

The number of active cases stood at 899.

Ludhiana reported 10 infections, followed by eight each in Hoshiarpur and Jalandhar, the bulletin said.

With 115 recoveries from the infection, the number of cured persons reached 5,81,312.

A total of 1,17,20,116 samples have been collected for testing so far in the state, it said. PTI