In a breather, Punjab on Sunday reported 857 fresh cases of the novel coronavirus — registering less than 1000 cases in a single day after more than a month. With this, the state’s infection tally stood at 1,18,157.
However, the state continues to witness high number of casualties. As many as 42 fatalities were reported in a span of 24 hours, taking the state’s death toll to 3,603. The state’s fatality rate is 3.05 percent.
Sunday’s casualties were reported from Ludhiana where 10 patients succumbed to the deadly contagion, followed by nine in Patiala; five in Jalandhar; three each in Bathinda, Gurdaspur, and Hoshiarpur; two in SBS Nagar (Nawanshahr); and one each in Faridkot, Fatehgarh Sahib, Muktsar, Pathankot, Ropar, Sangrur and Tarn Taran districts.
Among the fresh cases, 169 were reported from Ludhiana district, followed by 147 from Jalandhar, 138 from Amritsar, 77 from Patiala, 39 from SAS Nagar (Mohali), 35 from Kapurthala, 30 from Hoshiarpur, 26 from Gurdaspur, 24 from Moga, 23 from SBS Nagar, 21 from Bathinda, 20 from Pathankot, 18 each from Fazilka and Mansa, 15 each from Sangrur and Tarn Taran, 12 from Faridkot, ten from Muktsar, eight from Barnala, seven from Ropar, four from Fatehgarh Sahib and one new case from Ferozepur district.
Of the total 3,603 fatalities in the state so far, highest 770 deaths have been registered in Ludhiana district, followed by 406 in Jalandhar, 385 in Amritsar, 342 in Patiala, 192 in SAS Nagar, 170 in Hoshiarpur, 159 in Gurdaspur, 153 in Sangrur, 147 in Kapurthala, 122 in Bathinda, 105 in Ferozepur and 88 in Fatehgarh Sahib, 81 in Pathankot, 80 in Ropar, 73 in Moga, 71 in Tarn Taran, 54 in SBS Nagar, 47 in Faridkot, 45 in Muktsar, 43 in Barnala, 40 in Fazilka and 30 deaths in Mansa district.
As per the latest COVID figures, Ludhiana leads with 18,502 cases, followed by Jalandhar 13,417, Patiala 11,855, SAS Nagar 10,813, Amritsar 10,469, Gurdaspur 6,167, Bathinda 6,110, Hoshiarpur 4,733, Ferozepur 3,833, Pathankot 3,832, Sangrur 3,634, Kapurthala 3,517, Faridkot 2,823, Muktsar 2,578, Fazilka 2,482, Moga 2,308, Ropar 2,168, Fatehgarh Sahib 1,962, Barnala 1,863, Tarn Taran 1,725, SBS Nagar 1,697 and Mansa 1,669.
As many as 1509 patients — including 191 from Jalandhar, 170 from Ludhiana, 123 from Patiala, 166 from Bathinda, 141 from Amritsar, 138 from Gurdaspur, 136 from Mohali, among others — were discharged after recovering from the deadly contagion. With this, total 1,00,977 patients have been cured of the virus in the state so far.
The state still has 13,577 active patients, of which 315 patients are on oxygen support and 52 on ventilators.