Punjab on Tuesday added 1,100 fresh cases to the infection tally pushing the state’s Covid-19 count to 1,12,460. Besides, as many as 75 more Covid-positive patients succumbed to the contagion in the past 24 hours, pushing the state’s death toll to 3,359. The state’s mortality rate stood at 2.99 percent.

Maximum 12 casualties were reported in Ludhiana, followed by seven each in Amritsar and Gurdaspur; five each in Pathankot, SBS Nagar (Nawanshahr), and SAS Nagar (Mohali); four each in Jalandhar, Hoshiarpur, and Ferozepur; three each in Kapurthala, Barnala, and Muktsar; two each in Tarn Taran, Bathinda, Faridkot, Patiala, and Ropar; and one death each in Fatehgarh Sahib, Moga, and Sangrur districts.

Among the fresh cases, highest 180 were reported from Ludhiana district, followed by 145 from Jalandhar, 109 from Mohali, 95 from Amritsar, 71 from Patiala, 62 from Gurdaspur, 55 each from Bathinda and Kapurthala, 50 from Hoshiarpur, 47 from Tarn Taran, 43 from Muktsar, 28 from Ropar, 25 from Fazilka, 20 each from Faridkot and Sangrur, 18 from Fatehgarh Sahib, 16 from Moga, 13 from Mansa, 12 from Barnala, 11 from SBS Nagar, nine from Pathankot and eight new cases from Ferozepur district.

Registering a higher number of recoveries than the fresh cases in a single day on Tuesday, the state’s recovery rate has reached 82.05 percent with a total of 92,277 patients having cured of the virus in the state till date.

As many as 1932 patients — including  338 from Amritsar, 266 from Jalandhar, 264 from Gurdaspur, 167 from Patiala, 115 from Ludhiana, among others — have been discharged after recovering from the deadly virus.

The state’s Health and Family Welfare Minister Balbir Singh Sidhu on Tuesday said that Punjab is doing well to control the spreading coronavirus as the recovery rate has reached at 81 percent. There has been a steady decline of cases from September 19 when cases were 2,696 to 1,411 on September 21, 1,711 on September 24, and 1269 on September 28 and 1100 on September 29.

The Minister, while encouraging the people to come forward for corona test and get treatment in home isolation for COVID-19, said that the Punjab Government has made home isolation very simple by allowing elderly and persons with co-morbidities to opt for home isolation as per medical protocol. Around 47,502 patients have been recovered till date and 10,006 are in home isolation in Punjab, he said.

As per the daily health bulletin, the State has 16,824 active cases — accounting for 14.96 percent of the state’s total infections. Among them, 396 patients were on oxygen support and 65 on ventilators.

Among the total 3,359 fatalities in the state so far, highest 735 deaths have been registered in Ludhiana district, 385 in Jalandhar, 359 in Amritsar, 320 in Patiala, 186 in SAS Nagar, 150 in Hoshiarpur, 144 in Sangrur, 141 in Gurdaspur, 138 in Kapurthala, 109 in Bathinda, 97 in Ferozepur and 81 in Fatehgarh Sahib.

 Pathankot registered 74 deaths, followed by 72 in Ropar, 67 in Moga, 65 in Tarn Taran, 47 in SBS Nagar, 44 in Faridkot, 42 in Barnala, 39 in Muktsar, 34 in Fazilka and 30 deaths in Mansa district.

According to the latest COVID figures, Ludhiana leads with 17,795 cases, followed by Jalandhar 12,887, Patiala 11,469, SAS Nagar 10,227, Amritsar 9,820, Gurdaspur 5,832, Bathinda 5,802, Hoshiarpur 4,434, Ferozepur 3,651, Pathankot 3,589, Sangrur 3,517, Kapurthala 3,186, Faridkot 2,707, Muktsar 2,459, Fazilka 2,319, Moga 2,213, Ropar 2,050, Fatehgarh Sahib 1,882, Barnala 1,821, Tarn Taran 1,647, SBS Nagar 1,593 and Mansa 1,560.