DW BUREAU/ Chandigarh Six more Covid-related deaths took the toll to 16,266 in Punjab on Sunday, while 54 fresh cases pushed the infection tally to 5,98,794, according to a medical bulletin. Two deaths each were reported from Amritsar and Ferozepur and one each from Fatehgarh Sahib and Hoshiarpur, it said. The toll also includes two deaths which were not reported earlier, according to the bulletin. The number of active cases is 699 in the state. Mohali reported nine cases, followed by eight in Amritsar and seven each in Bathinda and Hoshiarpur, according to the bulletin. With 117 recoveries from the infection, the number of cured persons has reached 5,81,829, it said. A total of 1,19,12,389 samples have been collected for testing so far in the state, the bulletin said. Meanwhile, Chandigarh, the common capital of Punjab and Haryana, reported three cases. The infection tally stood at 61,927 in the Union Territory, according to the medical bulletin. The count also includes two cases which were not reported earlier, as per the bulletin. The death toll stands at 809. The number of active cases is 33 in Chandigrah, according to the bulletin. With four patients being discharged after they recovered from the infection, the number of cured persons has reached 61,085, it said. India added 39,742 new cases of coronavirus infection taking the total tally of COVID-19 cases to 3,13,71,901, while the death toll rose to 4,20,551 with 535 fresh fatalities, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Sunday. The active cases have declined to 4,08,212 and comprise 1.30 per cent of the total infections and the national COVID-19 recovery rate has been recorded at 97.36 per cent, the data updated at 8 am showed. A decline of 765 cases has been recorded in the active COVID-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours. India's COVID-19 tally had crossed the 20-lakh mark on August 7, 30 lakh on August 23, 40 lakh on September 5 and 50 lakh on September 16.It went past 60 lakh on September 28, 70 lakh on October 11, crossed 80 lakh on October 29, 90 lakh on November 20 and surpassed the one-crore mark on December 19. India crossed the grim milestone of two crore on May 4 and three crore on June 23. As many as 17,18,756 tests were conducted on Saturday taking the total cumulative tests conducted so far for detection of COVID-19 in the country to 45,62,89,567. (editor@dailyworld.in)