83% dip in Covid deaths in a month in Punjab
CHANDIGARH: Punjab’s Covid deaths in July witnessed a dip of 83% as compared to June. According to official records, the state reported 241 Covid-related fatalities in July against 1,502 in June.
Analysis of the health department record revealed that the state reported eight deaths on an average a day in July. Besides, the state reported zero deaths thrice in the past one week.
The state also witnessed fewer infections in July. Against a total of 28,002 Covid cases in June, the state saw just 3,495 cases.
The active cases that were 1,501 on June 30 have now come down to 534.
53 fresh cases reported
The state on Saturday reported 53 fresh Covid cases, which took the total count to 5,99,104, while one coronavirus-related fatality pushed the toll to 16,293 in the state, according to a bulletin.
The number of active cases is 534, it said. Kapurthala reported nine cases, followed by five each in Amritsar and Jalandhar, the bulletin said.
With 60 recoveries from the infection, the number of cured persons reached 5,82,277, it said. A total of 1,21,29,632 samples have been collected for testing so far in the state, the bulletin said.
Chandigarh, the common capital of Haryana and Punjab, reported one case.
The infection tally stood at 61,953, according to the medical bulletin. With one death, the toll reached 811.
The number of active cases is 31, the bulletin said. It said so far, 61,111 have recovered from the infection.
Meanwhile, in terms of vaccination, Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Haryana, Jharkhand, Kerala, Telangana, Himachal Pradesh,
Odisha, Punjab, Uttarakhand and West Bengal have administered the first dose of the vaccine to more than 10 lakh beneficiaries each in the age group of 18-44 years, a PTI report said.
The vaccination exercise is being used as a tool to protect the most vulnerable population groups in the country from Covid-19. It continues to be regularly reviewed and monitored at the highest level of the government, a release said.