412 cases take state’s tally past 11,000

LUDHIANA RECORDED HIGHEST SINGLE-DAY SPIKE OF 104 CASES ON WEDNESDAY

AMRITSAR/LUDHIANA/JALANDHAR/ SANGRUR/PATIALA/BATHINDA: Punjab on Wednesday reported six deaths and 412 new coronavirus cases taking the state’s tally to 11,301. The state’s death toll due to the virus reached 269, according to the media bulletin released by the state government.

A 47-year-old woman of Mohalla Karaar Khan in Jalandhar died, while an additional district and sessions judge among 49 persons tested positive for the virus.

Fifty-seven people contracted the infection i Patiala district. Of the fresh cases, 41 are from Patiala, two each from Nabha, and Samana, 1 from Patran and 11 from various villages.

Besides, a 62-year-old resident of Nabha died of Covid-19.

An employee of Punjab director general of police office among seven persons tested positive of virus in SBS Nagar.

A 78-year-old man of Amar Nagar in Kapurthala died of coronavirus in Jalandhar. Besides, five more people contracted the virus. A 62-year-old Covid-19 patient from Ferozepur district died during treatment on Tuesday night.

An 80-year-old man, resident of Batala of Gurdaspur district, died after testing positive for Covid19 at Government Medical College and Hospital (GMCH) on Wednesday, health officials said. The district also reported 26 fresh cases of which 19 are new community transmissions and 7 are contacts of positive patients

In Fazilka, 30 cases were reported on Wednesday. Besides, two cases were reported from Bathinda district

Ludhiana recorded highest single-day spike of 104 positive cases. Besides, 10 people from other district also tested positive in Ludhiana on Wednesday.

Meanwhile, 28 cases were reported in Faridkot, five in Moga and 17 in Sangrur .

With 36 new Covid-19 cases, Mohali breached the 600 mark on

Wednesday. Since the district reported its first case on March 20, it took over three months to cross 300 cases on July 5, but thereon, the cases doubled to 600 in just 17 days.