Punjab on Thursday registered a record 1746 fresh COVID-19 cases and 37 deaths, taking the state’s infection tally to 47,836 and the death toll to 1,256.
As per the official health bulletin, the deadly virus claimed seven lives in Amritsar district, followed by five each in Ludhiana, SAS Nagar (Mohali) and Sangrur, four in Patiala, two each in Tarn Taran, Pathankot, and Hoshiarpur, and one each in Barnala, Fazilka, Kapurthala, SBS Nagar (Nawanshahr), and Ropar districts.
Among the fresh cases, maximum 350 have been reported from Ludhiana, followed by 210 from Gurdaspur, 188 from Patiala, 186 from Jalandhar, 178 from Mohali, 127 from Bathinda, 94 from Hoshiarpur, 74 from Amritsar, 55 from Sangrur, 44 from Faridkot, 36 from Ropar, 31 from Kapurthala, 26 from Mansa, 25 from Pathankot, 22 from SBS Nagar, 21 each from Fatehgarh Sahib and Ferozepur, 20 from Fazilka, 16 from Barnala, nine from Moga, eight from Muktsar and five new cases from Tarn Taran district.
A total of 36 police personnel — including 26 from Gurdaspur, nine from Sangrur, and one from Barnala — have been tested positive for the contagion besides three prisoners from Bathinda. In addition, 28 healthcare workers, and two frontline workers have also been afflicted by the contagion.
In all, 741 patients — including 153 in Jalandhar, 119 in Patiala, 70 from Amritsar, 68 from Barnala, 50 from Gurdaspur, among others — were recovered from the deadly contagion and discharged in the past 24 hours. With this, the number of recoveries has gone up to 30,972.
The state still has 15,608 active cases, of which 425 patients are on oxygen support, and 49 are critical and on ventilator support.