Eight deaths, 230 fresh Covid infections in state

JALANDHAR/AMRITSAR/PATIALA/ BATHINDA : Punjab on Saturday reported eight coronavirus deaths and 230 new cases, a development that takes the state’s count to 7,587 positive patients with 195 deaths.

Two people died, while 75, including Jalandhar RTA secretary, tested positive for Covid-19 in Jalandhar . Among positive are 14 cops of the Mehatpur police station. Kapurthala reported one positive case while six people contracted the in SBS Nagar.

Ludhiana district’s death toll due to Covid-19 rose to 31 after an 83-year-old resident of Maya Nagar succumbed to the virus on Saturday. The district also reported 29 fresh Covid-19 infections. In yet another major spike in a single day, 52 persons tested positive for coronavirus in Patiala district on Saturday. Of these, 27 are from Patiala city, 20 from Samana, one each from Patran and Rajpura and three from different villages across the district. Fourteen people, including the ADC of Gurdaspur district, contracted the infection in Punjab’s Majha region. Amritsar district reported 13 fresh cases. Among the infected persons are the deputy director of the local bodies department, Rajat Oberoi, and his wife.

A 62-year-old Malerkotla man died of Covid-19 at Government Medical College Patiala on Friday night. Six patients tested positive for coronavirus -3 from Malerkotla, 2 from Moonak and 1 from Longowal. Eight people tested positive in Ferozepur district, five in Bathinda and four in Mohali.