142 DEATHS IN A DAY IN PUNJAB, HIGHEST SO FAR
The death toll goes up to 8,772 while the cumulative tally of infections reaches 3,58,186, according to medical bulletin
CHANDIGARH: Punjab on Wednesday witnessed 142 Covid-19 deaths, the highest singleday fatalities due to the virus to date, with 22 people succumbing to the contagion in Gurdaspur district alone. Also, 6,472 fresh infections were detected across the state on Wednesday.
With Wednesday’s figures, the death toll has gone up to 8,772 while the cumulative tally has reached 3,58,186 infections, according to a medical bulletin.
The number of active cases in the state increased to 53,426 from 51,936 on Tuesday, the bulletin stated.
CHANDIGARH: Punjab on Wednesday witnessed 142 Covid-19 deaths, the highest singleday fatalities due to the virus to date, with 22 people succumbing to the contagion in Gurdaspur district alone.
Also, 6,472 fresh infections were detected across the state on Wednesday.
With Wednesday’s figures, the death toll has gone up to 8,772 while the cumulative tally has reached 3,58,186 infections, according to a medical bulletin.
The number of active cases in the state increased to 53,426 from 51,936 on Tuesday, the bulletin stated.
Amritsar reports highest deaths
Of the latest fatalities, 18 were reported from Amritsar district, 17 from Sangrur, 15 from Ludhiana, 12 from Mohali, 10 from Patiala, eight in Jalandhar, six in Ropar, five each in Ferozepur and in Hoshiarpur, four each in SBS Nagar, Fatehgarh Sahib and Fazilka, three in
Tarn Taran and one each in Moga and Pathankot, it said.
Ludhiana saw the highest number of fresh cases at 952, followed by 867 in Mohali, 614 in Jalandhar, 597 in Patiala and 501 in Amritsar, among other districts. As many as 5,272 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. As many as 80,860 vaccine doses were administered on Wednesday.
Mohali tops in positivity rate
Mohali once again witnessed highest positivity ratio with 25.01% of the samples taken found infected with the virus. Muktsar’s positivity ration was 19.75%, followed by 18.27 % in Mansa and 16.95% in Fazilka.