Surpassing all previous surges the State has witnessed in the past one year, Punjab on Thursday reported highest-ever single day spike of 3,187 fresh cases of the novel coronavirus, besides 60 casualties, pushing the State’s Covid-19 tally to 2,42,895 and death toll to 6,926.
The previous steepest single-day spike was registered on March 26 with 3,176 fresh cases. The previous high of 2,848 was reported on September 17, the previous year.
That was not all! The State also registered the highest number of casualties in a single day with 60 deaths in the past 24 hours.
Punjab had the highest number of fatalities on September 2 with 106.
Eleven of the State’s total fatalities were reported from Amritsar; followed by nine each from Hoshiarpur and Jalandhar; eight from Ludhiana; four each from Mohali and Nawanshahr; three from Gurdaspur; two each from Ferozepur, Patiala, Sangrur, and Tarn Taran; and Kapurthala, Barnala, Bathinda, and Pathankot.