Chandigarh, August 14

Four more people died from coronavirus in Punjab on Saturday as 51 cases surfaced, pushing the state’s infection count to 5,99,896, according to a medical bulletin.

So far, the infection has killed 16,340 people in the state. 

Four deaths were reported from Amritsar, Barnala, Bathinda, and Hoshiarpur.

The death toll also included two deaths that were reported earlier.

The number of active cases rose to 572 from 568 on Friday. 

Ludhiana and Mohali reported seven cases each, followed by six each in Hoshiarpur and Pathankot and five in Patiala. 

With 40 recoveries from the infection, the number of cured persons reached 5,82,984, as per the bulletin. — PTI