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2 deaths reported in Punjab in 24 hrs

PNS

Two deaths were reported in Punjab during the past 24 hours taking the total number of casualties to three in the state which also has 41 novel coronavirus positive patients.  A day after recording second casualty due to COVID-19, the state on Monday reported three new cases, out of which one patient succumbed to the deadly virus.

On late Sunday night, Punjab’s second death of 62-year-old granthi, who was believed close to the state’s first victim — a 70-year-old man who died almost two weeks ago of coronavirus after he returned from a trip to Germany and Italy — was reported.  With the three new cases — one each from Ludhiana, Patiala and SAS Nagar (Mohali), the total number of positive cases in the state has reached 41.