ACentral team, comprising public health specialists and clinicians, will be sent to Punjab in the wake of a surge in fresh daily cases and the disproportionate number of deaths in the state. With 3019 fresh cases of the novel coronavirus and 51 fatalities on Sunday, the State’s Covid-19 tally has crossed 2.5 lakhs mark while the death toll has reached 7083 at the rate of 2.82 percent.
The State’s tally now stood at 2,51,460, of which 25,314 — accounting for 10.07 per cent — are active cases.
More than half of the total fresh infections reported in the state in the past 24 hours are from five districts — including Ludhiana which reported 446 cases, followed by 387 from Jalandhar, 329 from SAS Nagar (Mohali), 271 from Amritsar, and 213 from Patiala.
Ten of the state’s total 51 casualties are reported from Amritsar; followed by seven each from Gurdaspur, Hoshiarpur, Jalandhar, and Ludhiana; four from Ropar, three each from SAS Nagar (Mohali) and Patiala; two from Tarn Taran; and one from Bathinda.