41 more Covid-19 deaths, 1,513 new cases in state

LUDHIANA/AMRITSAR/JALANDHAR/ BATHINDA/PATIALA/SBS NAGAR: Forty-one fresh novel coronavirus deaths in Punjab took the toll to 1,219 on Wednesday, while the tally rose to 46,090 with 1,516 new cases, the health department’s daily bulletin said.

Ludhiana district again took the lead in the fatalities with 12 patients succumbing to the virus, followed by Patiala 5, Hoshiarpur and Kapurthala four each, Gurdaspur 3, Barnala, Mansa, Muktsar and Sangrur 2 each, Bathinda, Jalandhar, Moga, Mohali and Pathankot one each.

Ludhiana added 472 fresh cases to the state’s kitty, Jalandhar 147, Patiala, 237, Amritsar 73, Mohali, 54, Sangrur 10, Bathinda 21, Gurdaspur 131, Ferozepur 15, Moga 24, Hoshiarpur 83, Pathankot 44, Barnala 29, Fatehgarh Sahib 17, Kapurthala 69, Faridkor 1, Tarn Taran 28, Ropar 4, Fazilka 1, SBS Nagar 20, Muktsar 14, and Mansa 19, according to the bulletin.

A total of 1,086 novel coronavirus patients were discharged from hospitals after recovering from the infection. The state has so far seen 30,231 recoveries from Covid-19.

There are 14,640 active Covid-19 cases in the state, as of now, according to the bulletin.

HOUSES FOUND LOCKED IN SBS NAGAR

On Wednesday, nearly 10-15 houses were found locked in the Ibrahim Basti of SBS Nagar, when a health department team went to collect samples after five migrants tested positive for covid-19 on Tuesday.

In Jaffarpur village of the district, health teams were sent back by the panchayat on August 21 and August 24. On August 21, panchayat members, with the backing of all residents, also wrote a letter to deputy commissioner, SBS Nagar, stating that they had arrived at a consensus to that no one from the village will give his/her sample for the coronavirus test.

“If someone feels symptomatic, then he or she would undergo test for covid-19 at his own level. Please don’t send health teams to our village,” reads the letter.

MOBILE TESTING STARTED IN LUDHIANA

The state health department

LUDHIANA ADDED 472 FRESH CASES TO THE STATE’S TALLY, PATIALA 237, JALANDHAR 147, GURDASPUR 131, HOSHIARPUR 83 AND AMRITSAR 73

has started a mobile testing drive for covid-19 in Ludhiana city and plans to start the facility in Patiala soon. The van is already operational in Amritsar. Punjab health minister Balbir Singh Sidhu said the Punjab government had amended the home isolation guidelines.