Seventy-three more Covid-19 patients succumbed to the deadly contagion in Punjab on Thursday, pushed the state’s death toll to 1,690. Only a day before, the State had witnessed the highest single day casualties with 106 deaths. Besides, the State recorded 1,527 fresh cases of the novel coronavirus taking Punjab’s infection tally to 58,515, of which 15,554 are active cases — accounting for 26.58 percent.
Maximum 18 fatalities were reported from Ludhiana, followed by 10 from Kapurthala, seven from Jalandhar and five each from Patiala, Ferozepur and Moga; four from Amritsar; three in Rupnagar; two
each in Fatehgarh Sahib, Faridkot, Gurdaspur, Hoshiarpur and Sangrur; and one each in Bathinda, Fazilka, Mohali, Muktsar, SBS Nagar and Tarn Taran.
Among the places which reported fresh cases are Jalandhar with highest 227 infections, Amritsar with 168 cases, Ludhiana (152), Patiala (138), Mohali (134), Gurdaspur (71), Hoshiarpur (60), Kapurthala (58), Faridkot (56), Sangrur (55), Fazilka (53), Ferozepur (51), Mansa (50), Pathankot (46), Muktsar (45), Bathinda (38), Tarn Taran (34), Ropar (23), SBS Nagar (20), Fatehgarh Sahib (17), Barnala (16), and Moga (15).
As many 14 police personnel — including four from Ferozepur, three each from Amritsar and SAS Nagar (Mohali), two from Sangrur, and one each from Nawanshahr and Muktsar — have been tested positive for the virus; besides five prisoners — including four from Muktsar and one from Sangrur; and two Border Security Force (BSF) troopers from Fazilka.
In addition, six healthcare workers — four from SAS Nagar (Mohali) and two from Amritsar; along with 11 frontline workers — including four from Kapurthala, three from Bathinda, two from Faridkot, and one each from Gurdaspur and Ferozepur, were also afflicted by the deadly contagion.
As per the health bulletin, another batch of 1,529 patients — including 244 from Jalandhar, 142 from Moga, 141 from Ludhiana, 93 from Kapurthala, 90 from Patiala, 84 from Mohali, among others — were discharged after they recovered from infection, taking the total number of recoveries to 41,271 (70.53 percent) in the State.
Of the total 15,554 active cases, 470 patients are on oxygen support, while 68 patients are critical and on ventilator support.