coronavirus patients were discharged after they recovered from the infection, taking the number of cured persons to 2,95,988, the bulletin said.There are 97 critical patients in the state who are on ventilator support while 700 are on oxygen support, it said.So far, 71,07,801 samples have been collected for testing, it added.Meanwhile, Chandigarh's COVID-19 caseload surged to 41,122 with 772 fresh infections while the death toll mounted to 457 as 11 more people succumbed to the disease, a medical bulletin stated.There are 6,306 active cases in the union territory, it said.The bulletin stated that 435 coronavirus patients were discharged after they recovered from the infection.