With the reports of 4,124 samples yet to come, Punjab’s novel coronavirus tally on Thursday reached 1644 as the another patient succumbed to the deadly virus besides 118 testing positive. With one more death, reported from Hoshiarpur, the state’s death toll now stood at 28, with a mortality rate of 4.35 per cent.
Of the total fresh cases, reported from Amritsar (46), Sangrur (1), Bathinda (2), Ludhiana (1), Gurdaspur (6), Jalandhar (12), Tarn Taran (43) and Fatehgarh Sahib (1) districts, 93 were related to those returning from Gurdwara Hazur Sahib at Nanded in Maharashtra.
With 46 new cases, Amritsar’s total tally has reached 276 with 265 active cases, majority being Nanded pilgrims. The 43 new cases in Tarn Taran have taken the state’s tally to 146 — third in the state only next to Amritsar and Jalandhar with 147.
Total 12 new cases were reported from Jalandhar — all contacts of the previous positive patients.
In Bathinda, two new cases were reported taking the total in the district to 39. Among those who tested positive is a driver, who had gone to Kota in Rajasthan, to bring back students stranded there amid the lockdown, and a labourer.
As per the daily health bulletin, total 34,701 samples have been taken of which 1,644 have been tested positive and 28,933 reports turned out to be negative. However, the results of 4,124 samples are still awaited.