As one more corona positive patient from Tarn Taran succumbed to the deadly contagion on Friday, the state reported 46 fresh cases, taking the state’s Covid-19 death tally to 48 and that of positive cases to 2461.
As many 26 more patients — 14 from Amritsar, five from Moga, three from Ludhiana, two from Pathankot, one each from Tarn Taran and SAS Nagar (Mohali) — recovered from the novel coronavirus, leaving just 344 active cases. In all, 2,069 patients have recovered in the State till date.
Of the 46 cases, more than half were the contacts of the already diagnosed positive cases, besides five of those who have returned to Punjab from other states or countries.
Maximum 16 cases were reported from Ludhiana, of which 12 are the contacts of positive cases, two are the new cases of Influenza Like Illness (ILI), while the source of infection of remaining two are unknown as of now.
Jalandhar reported eight fresh cases of which four are the contacts of positive case, while four are new cases with no contact or travel history. Amritsar also reported three cases, all of which are the contacts of positive cases.
SAS Nagar (Mohali) has reported four new coronavirus cases, taking the district’s tally to 127. Three of the four were contacts of already diagnosed cases and one was classified as a new case of a 61-year-old from Sector 70.
The three patients from Sector 78 were the wife, mother and father of an already diagnosed patient from Sector 78 with a travel history of Delhi.
Gurdaspur has reported three cases, of which two are the contacts of positive case, while one is the new case. Kapurthala and Tarn Taran reported two cases each, While Kapurthala’s both cases were new with no travel or contact history, Tarn Taran’s one case has travel history, while another was a new case.