Nine more deaths, 261 new COVID-19 cases in Punjab

Nine more people succumbed to COVID-19 in Punjab, raising the death toll to 5,412 on Wednesday, while 261 fresh cases brought the infection tally to 1,67,910, according to a medical bulletin.

There are 2,998 active cases of the novel coronavirus in the



state, as of now, the bulletin said.

Among new COVID-19 cases, Mohali reported a maximum of 63, Patiala 32 and Jalandhar 29.A total of 235 coronavirus patients were discharged after recovering, taking the number of recoveries to 1,59,500, according to the bulletin.