Punjab on Thursday reported 3,119 fresh cases of the novel coronavirus besides 56 related deaths, pushing the state’s infection count to 2,63,090, and death toll to 7,334.
Among the districts, Mohali recorded the highest 456 cases, followed by 425 in Ludhiana, 419 in Jalandhar, 354 in Patiala, 317 in Amritsar, 177 in Kapurthala, 138 in Gurdaspur, 126 in Hoshiarpur, among others.
Of the total fresh fatalities, maximum 12 were reported from Hoshiarpur, eight from Jalandhar, seven from Amritsar, six from Patiala, four from Ludhiana, and three each from Sangrur and Kapurthala. Besides, two deaths each were recorded at Barnala, Bathinda, Ferozpur, SAS Nagar (Mohali), and Tarn Taran; and one each from Fazilka, Faridkot, and Gurdaspur.
The number of active cases in the state currently stood at 26,389 — accounting for 10.03 percent of the state’s total positive cases. Of the total active cases, 24 critical patients are on ventilator while 386 are on oxygen support.
With a total of 2,480 coronavirus patients discharged after recovering from the infection in the past 24 hours, the total number of cured people has reached 2,29,367 at the recovery rate of 87.18 percent.