Punjab on Wednesday reported as many as 2,123 fresh cases of the novel coronavirus besides 64 casualties pushing the state’s COVID-19 tally to 1,03,464 and death toll to 2,990.
Of the total deaths reported in a span of past 24 hours, maximum 11 fatalities were reported from Amritsar district; followed by nine in Jalandhar; six in Gurdaspur; four each in Ferozepur and Mansa; three each in Amritsar, Hoshiarpur, Kapurthala, Pathankot, Patiala, Tarn Taran and Ropar; two each in Fazilka, Muktsar and Moga; and one death each in Bathinda, Fatehgarh Sahib and SBS Nagar.
Highest 279 infections were reported from Jalandhar, followed by 237 from SAS Nagar (Mohali), 230 from Amritsar, 184 from Ludhiana, 144 each from Gurdaspur and Hoshiarpur, 135 from Fazilka, 126 from Patiala, 91 from Kapurthala, 90 from Bathinda, 67 from Pathankot, 65 from Faridkot, 51 from SBS Nagar, 49 each from Tarn Taran and Sangrur, 34 from Ropar, 33 from Muktsar, 32 from Ferozepur, 30 from Mansa, 23 from Barnala, 18 from Fatehgarh Sahib and 12 new cases from Moga district.
Of the total 2,990 fatalities recorded in the State so far, highest 688 deaths have been registered in Ludhiana district, followed by 343 in Jalandhar, 318 in Amritsar, 298 in Patiala, 149 in SAS Nagar, 130 in Sangrur, 125 in Kapurthala, 123 in Hoshiarpur, 118 in Gurdaspur, 93 in Ferozepur, 92 in Bathinda, 76 in Fatehgarh Sahib, 62 in Moga, 60 in Pathankot, 59 in Ropar, 55 in Tarn Taran, 39 in Faridkot, 37 in Barnala, 36 in SBS Nagar, 33 in Muktsar, 30 in Fazilka and 26 deaths in Mansa district.
In infection tally, Ludhiana also leads with 16,780 cases, followed by Jalandhar 11,925, Patiala 10,768, SAS Nagar 9,375, Amritsar 8,911, Gurdaspur 5,323, Bathinda 5,202, Hoshiarpur 4,002, Ferozepur 3,461, Sangrur 3,322, Pathankot 3,119, Kapurthala 2,798, Faridkot 2,502, Muktsar 2,212, Moga 2,071, Fazilka 2,047, Ropar 1,833, Fatehgarh Sahib 1,748, Barnala 1,724, Tarn Taran 1,497, Mansa 1,427 and SBS Nagar 1,417.
A total of 2,117 patients—323 from Amritsar, 291 from Patiala, 274 from Jalandhar, 218 from Hoshiarpur, 203 from Ludhiana, 158 from Mohali, 108 from Kapurthala, among others — were discharged after recovering from the deadly contagion in the past 24 hours, taking the total recoveries to 79,244.
The state still has 21,230 active cases, of which 458 patients are on oxygen support and 72 are critical and on ventilators.