Punjab on Sunday registered 148 cases, pushing the state's infection tally to 7,62,209, an official said.
According to the state medical bulletin, two more deaths were reported. One death each was reported in Amritsar and Ludhiana. So far, 17, 766 deaths have been reported so far.
A maximum of 29 cases were registered in Ludhiana followed by 27 in SAS Nagar, 19 in Patiala, 12 in Fazilka, 10 in Ferozpur, seven each in Amritsar, Kapurthala and Mansa, six each in Faridkot, Jalandhar and five in Bathina. With fresh cases, the number of active cases in the state has reached 908. 89 people recovered from this disease. So far, 743535 patients have been cured from the virus. A total of 14,115 tests were conducted, of which 1.10 percent were found positive.