Monday (May 10) turned out to be a deadliest day since the coronavirus pandemic broke out in Punjab. As many as 198 persons — the highest-ever single-day figure — succumbed to the deadly contagion in the past 24 hours, which means that on an average, eight casualties were reported every hour.
With this, the state’s death toll currently stood at 10,704 at the case fatality rate (CFR) of 2.38 percent.
Breaking all previous records, Ludhiana district witnessed whopping 30 fatalities — highest ever reported by any district in Punjab — along with 1,470 fresh cases.
Other than that, eight other districts reported deaths in two-digit figures — including 19 deaths from Bathinda; 17 from Sangrur; 14 each from Mohali and Patiala; 13 from Muktsar and Ferozepur; and 10 each from Ropar and Amritsar. Besides, nine deaths were reported from Hoshiarpur; eight each from Fazilka, Jalandhar, and Pathankot; five each from Faridkot; four each from Gurdaspur, Kapurthala, and Mansa; three each from Nawanshahr and fatehgarh Sahib; two from Barnala; and one each from Moga and Tarn Taran.
As many as 8,625 more persons were tested positive for the COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, pushing the state’s infection tally to 4,50,674. The state recorded the positivity rate of 16.13 percent on Monday.
Mohali district, with 1,382 fresh cases, reported highest positivity rate of 33.85 percent on Monday. Besides, seven other districts have higher positivity rate than that of the state.
Ludhiana reporting highest 1470 cases in a single day at the positivity rate of 15.73 percent; followed by Mohali with 1,382 fresh cases (33.85 percent); Patiala 676 (18.82 percent); Bathinda 629 (20.51 percent); Jalandhar 619 (13 percent); Amritsar 561 (12.10 percent); Muktsar 401 (28.77 percent); Pathankot 396 (22.07 percent); Hoshiarpur 385 (11.24 percent); Mansa 353 (27.99 percent); Fazilka 283 (24.21 percent); Sangrur 214 (10.17 percent); Gurdaspur 206 (8.08 percent); Ferozepur 181 (14.81 percent); Ropar 180 (16.35 percent); Kapurthala 171 (6.19 percent); Moga 119 (18.95 percent); Faridkot 104 (12.94 percent); Tarn Taran 103 (11.76 percent); among others.
The state’s active case load surpassed 75,000 figure which accounts for 16.82 percent of the total positive cases. Of the total 75,800 active cases, a total of 9,376 patients are on oxygen support; while 298 critical patients are on ventilator support.