As Punjab surpasses the daily testing number of 60,000 on Thursday, the State reported the highest ever single day spike of 5,456 fresh cases of the novel coronavirus, at the positivity rate of 9.03 percent. The State’s Covid-19 tally now stood at 3,19,719 with the active cases surpassing the 40,000-mark.
The State also reported a total of 76 fatalities, pushing the State’s death toll 8,189. Amritsar, with 10 deaths, reported the maximum casualties, followed by nine from Gurdaspur; seven each from Ludhiana and Mohali; five each from Bathinda, Jalandhar, and Patiala; four each from Tarn Taran.
Pathankot, and Hoshiarpur; three each from Kapurthala and Ropar; two each from Fazilka, Ferozepur, and Muktsar; and one each from Barnala, Fatehgarh Sahib, Moga, and Sangrur.