DW BUREAU / Chandigarh Five more COVID-19 fatalities were recorded in Punjab on Sunday which pushed the death toll to 5,504, while 240 new cases took the infection count to 1,70,605, a medical bulletin issued here said. There are currently 2,617 active COVID-19 cases in the state, it said. Of the new cases, Mohali reported 54 cases, Ludhiana 33 and Jalandhar 31. A total of 195 coronavirus patients were discharged, taking the overall recoveries to 1,62,484, as per bulletin. Ten critical patients are on ventilator support while 52 are on oxygen support, the bulletin said. A total of 42,38,428 samples have been collected for testing so far in the state, it said.  India's COVID-19 tally of cases climbed to 1,05,57,985 with 15,144 new cases in a day, while 1,01,96,885 people have recuperated so far pushing the national recovery rate to 96.58 per cent, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Sunday. There are 2,08,826 active cases of coronavirus infection in the country which comprises 1.98 per cent of the total caseload, the data stated. The total coronavirus cases mounted to 1,05,57,985 and the death toll climbed to 1,52,274 with the novel coronavirus virus claiming 181 lives in a span of 24 hours in the country, the data updated at 8 am showed. The COVID-19 case fatality rate stood at 1.44 per cent. According to the ICMR, a cumulative total of 18,65,44,868 samples have been tested up to January 16 with 7,79,377 samples being tested on Saturday. (editor@dailyworld.in)