Another spike in Punjab: 70 deaths, 2,496 fresh cases

The infection tally has risen to 82,113; active cases stand at 20,690 and 1,463 more patients have been cured in state

CHANDIGARH/AMRITSAR/LUDHIANA/PATIALA/JALANDHAR There is no let up in the Covid-19 fatality and case surge in Punjab as 70 fatalities on Monday pushed the Punjab death toll to 2,424. The infection tally rose to 82,113 with 2,496 fresh cases, according to state government’s daily medical bulletin.

Fourteen deaths were reported from Ferozepur, 11 from Ludhiana, six each from Amritsar, Hoshiarpur and Patiala, and five each from Gurdaspur, Kapurthala and Jalandhar.

Three deaths were reported from Fatehgarh Sahib, two each from Mohali and Sangrur, and one each from Bathinda, Faridkot, Moga, SBS Nagar and Muktsar, the medical bulletin said.

The new cases have been reported from Mohali (408), Patiala (387), Ludhiana (307), Amritsar (281), Jalandhar (261), Rupnagar (100) and Pathankot (98), among others. There are 20,690 active cases in the state at present, according to the bulletin.

A total of 1,463 coronavirus patients were discharged after recovering from infection. So far, 58,999 people have been cured of the contagion in the state. Eighty-five critical patients are on ventilator support, while 544 are on oxygen support, the bulletin said.

A total of 14,10,759 samples have been collected for testing so far in the state, it said.

In Amritsar, the health teams were stopped from entering Gobind Nagar area where they had gone to collect samples. The patient tally in Ludhiana district crossed the 14,000 mark on Monday.