As many 3305 persons fall prey to the deadly contagion in Punjab during the month of June besides 99 succumbing to the novel coronavirus. In the month of June, the state reported 59 percent of the total cases, and 69 percent of the total deaths till date.
Registering a significant rise in coronavirus cases in June, the state has more than twice the infections it had at the end of May, while the deaths have tripled since, with the state reporting, on an average, 110 cases and three deaths every day.
On Tuesday, the state reported 150 fresh cases of novel coronavirus cases while six more patients died pushing the state COVID-19 count to 5,568 and death toll to 144. The state’s COVID-19 count was 2,263 on May 31, and had recorded just 45 deaths. Amritsar reported three of the five deaths reported on Tuesday, while Jalandhar, Ludhiana and Patiala each reported one death.Ludhiana, with 45, reported the highest number of cases on Tuesday, followed by Jalandhar (26) and Sangrur (22).
The three districts have been registering a high number of coronavirus infections since the past week. In fact, they accounted for 62 percent of the state’s 150 cases on Tuesday. Among other districts, SAS Nagar reported 11 fresh cases, besides Fatehgarh Sahib (9), Amritsar (7), Moga (7), Patiala (3), Kapurthala (6)Gurdaspur (1), Pathankot (5), Hoshiarpur (4), Bathinda (2), SBS Nagar (1), and Ropar (1).
Of Ludhiana’s 45 cases, 30 were the contacts of already diagnosed cases, six wire the patients with Influenza-like Illness (ILI), and seven were the OPD (out-patient department) patients, one is categorized as ANC and the remaining was a patient with severe acute respiratory infection (SARI).
Jalandhar’s 26 fresh cases included two domestic travellers, two contacts of positive cases and four “new cases” with no contact and no travel history. The information regarding the remaining cases was yet to be compiled. As five of Sangrur’s 22 cases were new cases with no contact or travel history, the information regarding the remaining cases was yet to be compiled.
SAS Nagar (Mohali) reported 11 new COVID-19 cases — all having the contact history with the previously diagnosed cases. Amritsar reported seven new coronavirus cases including one with contact history, two with ILI, and four self-reported cases.Of seven cases in Moga, six are the personnel from Nihal Singhwala police station and a safai karamchari of the Sanjh Kendra in Moga. Among them are a sub-inspector, two assistant sub-inspectors and two constables.
All six police personnel, aged between 29 years and 57 years, are asymptomatic but they have been admitted to the isolation ward of the civil hospital as they were among the contacts of the constable who was tested positive on June 25.
Among the total cases, nine — two (interstate travelers) from Jalandhar, two (interstate travelers) from Patiala, two (foreign returned) from Fatehgarh Sahib, one (foreign returned) from Pathankot, one (foreign returned) from Bathinda, one (Mumbai returned) from Ropar — are with the travel history.
As many 74 cases have the contact history, while 42 are the “new” cases with no travel or contact history. Among the districts, Amritsar continues to lead with 911 cases, inching close to the 1000-mark.
Ludhiana with 840, Jalandhar with 738, Sangrur (490), Patiala (329), SAS Nagar (265), Gurdaspur (220), Pathankot (217), Tarn Taran (194), Hoshiarpur (178), SBS Nagar (141), Muktsar (127), Fatehgarh Sahib (120), Ropar (108), Faridkot (106), Moga (102), Ferozepur (96), Kapurthala (96), Bathinda (92), Fazilka (91), Barnala (59), and Mansa (48), make up the rest of the cases in the state.