Daily death toll touches new high in Punjab, Himachal

FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE THE COVID OUTBREAK, SINGLE-DAY FATALITIES CROSS 200-MARK IN PUNJAB. OF 217 DEATHS, 30 IN LUDHIANA ALONE

CHANDIGARH/SHIMLA: Punjab broke its record for the highestever single-day Covid death toll by reporting 217 fatalities on Tuesday. This is for the first time ever since the outbreak of pandemic that the fatalities have crossed the 200-mark in the state.

The state also reported 8,668 fresh cases, registering a positivity rate of 15.03%.

According to the media bulletin, a maximum of 30 deaths were reported in Ludhiana, followed by 27 in Bathinda, 17 each in Patiala and Amritsar, 13 each in Muktsar and Sangrur, 12 in Fazilka, 10 in Ferozepur, 9 each in Mohali and Gurdaspur, 8 each in Faridkot and Pathankot, 5 in Kapurthala and 4 each in SBS Nagar and Tarn Taran.

Ludhiana topped the chart with 1,386 fresh cases, Mohali 1,020 and Fazilka 702.

Mansa district registered a maximum of 34.71% positivity rate in the state, followed by 30.81% in Mohali, 29% in Ferozepur, 22.19% Fazilka, 21.35% in Bathinda, 18.25% in Muktsar and 15.54% in Pathankot.

64 succumb to virus in a day in HP

Himachal Pradesh recorded its deadliest day on Tuesday with 64 patients succumbing to the coronavirus. The death toll in the state now stands at 1,989.

Of the total, 21 deaths were reported in Kangra, the most populous district and worst-hit by the second wave of Covid. Twelve people died in Solan, 10 in Mandi, seven in Shimla and four each in Sirmaur and Una.