Punjab on Sunday recorded a spike of whopping 94 fresh cases of the novel coronavirus in the past 24 hours, taking the state’s Covid-19 infection tally to 2,608. Besides, the State also reported a death in Ludhiana, taking the its death toll to 51.
Another death was reported from Patiala, but the same was not recorded in the State’s official health bulletin as yet.
Maximum cases were reported from Amritsar (35) and Jalandhar (23), accounting for 61 percent on Sunday’s infections. In addition, Ludhiana reported 10 Covid-19 cases, followed by seven in Patiala, five in Sangrur, three each in Gurdaspur and Faridkot, two in Pathankot, one each in Fatehgarh Sahib, Hoshiarpur, Fazilka, SAS Nagar (Mohali), and Barnala.
Of the 94 cases reported on Sunday, maximum (42) were of the contacts of the already diagnosed positive cases, while 14 tested positive were those retiring to Punjab from other States or countries.
Four of Ludhiana’s 10 cases were auxiliary nurse, two are with ILI, and one was a contact of an already diagnosed case, while all seven cases of Patiala have source of infection from outside Punjab — including one foreign returnee, and six are inter-State travelers.
Sangrur’s five cases included four people who came back from other states. Fazilka’s lone case had recently come back from Gurugram.