With the State registering one of the biggest single-day jump of 411 fresh cases of the novel coronavirus on Monday, eight more people lost their lives’ battle against the deadly contagion — pushing the State’s Covid-19 tally to 10,510 and death toll to 262.
Gurdaspur reported two deaths, while one casualty each was reported from Moga, Ludhiana, Sangrur, Pathankot, Amritsar, and Mohali.
Patiala, with a record 94 fresh cases, has also joined the 1000-plus club with 1012 cases, along with Ludhiana — which is leading with 1,926 cases, Jalandhar with 1,703 cases, and Amritsar with 1292 cases.
Notably, Patiala district has recorded a rise of 68 percent in its cases in the month of July, during which six people succumbed to the contagion. The district’s Covid-19 tally was 329 case and nine deaths on June 30.
Besides Patiala, 11 other districts reported fresh cases in double digit. Ludhiana witnessed a raise of 83 cases, followed by Amritsar with 37, Jalandhar 27, Hoshiarpur 26, Sangrur 21, Moga 18, 17 in Bathinda, 16 each in Fatehgarh Sahib and Pathankot, 12 each in Faridkot and Muktsar, nine in Mohali, five each in Mansa and Kapurthala, four each in Rupnagar and Ferozepur, three in Barnala and two in Gurdaspur.
Among the new cases, 186 have the contact history and 21 have the travel history, while 195 are the “new cases” having neither any contact nor travel history. They include: 44 from the out-patient department (OPD), 35 with Influenza-like Illness (ILI), nine police personnel, five healthcare workers, four jail inmates, one prisoner, one staff nurse, among others.
Of the nine cops, two were tested positive in Ludhiana, and one each in Sangrur, Bathinda, Kapurthala, Barnala and Fatehgarh Sahib; while three jail mates from Bathinda, and one from Barnala have been tested positive besides one prisoners from Moga.
A total of 583 coronavirus patients were discharged after they recovered from the infection, taking the total number of recoveries to 7,118. The State now has 3,130 active cases, of which 58 patients are on oxygen support, and 10 are critical and on ventilator support.