PUNJAB LOGS 217 COVID DEATHS IN A DAY AGAIN

: Punjab on Saturday reported 217 more coronavirus fatalities, taking the death toll to 11,693.

The state had registered the same number of deaths on Tueday (May 4), the highest so far.

The state, however, recorded a dip in positive cases with 6,867 fresh infections as against 8,068 on Friday.

So far, 4,90,755 people have been infected with the virus. It is for the second consecutive day that the single-day recoveries (8,125) surpassed the number of new infections (6,867). The state’s positivity rate also dropped from 11.29% on Friday to 9.48%. Twenty-six deaths were reported from Amritsar, 24 from Bathinda, 20 from Fazilka, 19 from Patiala and 18 from Ludhiana.

CHANDIGARH : Punjab on Saturday registered another dip in positive cases with 6,867 fresh infections as against 8,068 on Friday.

The state reported 217 more coronavirus fatalities, taking the death toll to 11,693.

So far, 4,90,755 people have been infected with the virus. It is for the second consecutive day that the single-day recoveries (8,125) surpassed the number of new infections (6,867). The state’s positivity rate also dropped from 11.29% on Friday to 9.48%. Twenty-six deaths were reported from Amritsar, 24 from Bathinda, 20 from Fazilka, 19 from Patiala and 18 from Ludhiana in the past 24 hours, the bulletin said.

Ludhiana reported the maximum 1,132 cases, followed by 573 in Jalandhar, 536 in Patiala, 535 in Mohali and 515 in Bathinda. Meanwhile, 8,125 people recovered from the infection in the state. The number of active cases also dropped from 79,359 on Friday to 77,789, the bulletin said. The state’s positivity rate also dropped from 11.29 per cent on Friday to 9.48 per cent. With 8,125 recoveries, the number of cured persons reached 4,01,273, the bulletin said.