DW BUREAU / CHANDIGARH Punjab on Wednesday registered 208 more fatalities due to COVID-19, pushing the death toll in the state to 12,525, according to a medical bulletin. The infection count climbed to 5,17,954 with 6,407 new cases. The number of daily cases was lower than the 7,143 fresh cases that were registered on Tuesday. The state'+ char(39) +'s single-day recoveries, which were registered at 7,872, again surpassed the single-day infections of 6,407. The number of active cases dropped from 72,277 on Tuesday to 70,499, according to the bulletin. Twenty-seven deaths were reported from Ludhiana, 23 from Bathinda, 18 from Sangrur, 16 from Patiala and 15 each from Mohali and Muktsar, among fatalities witnessed in the past 24 hours. Ludhiana reported the maximum of 731 cases, followed by 661 in Jalandhar, 658 in Bathinda, 603 in Mohali and 530 in Fazilka, among other fresh cases. (editor@dailyworld.in)