As many as 1,930 fresh cases of COVID-19 and 68 deaths were reported in Punjab on Friday, taking the infection tally to 1,07,096 and the death toll to 3,134 in the state.
Of the fresh deaths, 11 were reported from Amritsar district, eight in Hoshiarpur, seven in Ludhiana, six each in Bathinda and Jalandhar, five in Patiala, three each in Fazilka, SAS Nagar, SBS Nagar and Sangrur, two each in Ferozepur, Moga, Muktsar, Ropar and Tarn Taran and one death each in Fatehgarh Sahib, Pathankot and Gurdaspur districts.
Highest 256 fresh cases were reported from Jalandhar district, 176 from Amritsar, 171 from Ludhiana, 163 from Bathinda, 160 from SAS Nagar, 118 from Patiala, 117 from Pathankot.
95 from Kapurthala, 90 from Muktsar, 86 from Hoshiarpur, 79 from Ferozepur, 73 from Gurdaspur, 67 from Fazilka, 52 from Moga, 41 from Tarn Taran, 38 from Faridkot, 35 from Sangrur, 30 from Mansa, 28 from SBS Nagar, 27 from Ropar, 16 from Fatehgarh Sahib and 12 new cases from Barnala district.
Of the 3,066 fatalities in the state so far, 702 deaths have been registered in Ludhiana district, 357 in Jalandhar, 336 in Amritsar, 307 in Patiala, 161 in SAS Nagar, 137 each in Sangrur and Hoshiarpur, 133 in Kapurthala, 125 in Gurdaspur, 106 in Bathinda, 93 in Ferozepur, 77 in Fatehgarh Sahib, 66 in Ropar, 64 in Moga, 61 in Pathankot, 59 in Tarn Taran, 41 in Faridkot, 40 in SBS Nagar, 37 in Barnala, 35 in Muktsar, 33 in Fazilka and 27 deaths in Mansa district.
As per the latest COVID figures, Ludhiana leads with 17,156 cases, followed by Jalandhar 12,338, Patiala 11,021, SAS Nagar 9,670, Amritsar 9,245.
Bathinda 5,519, Gurdaspur 5,510, Hoshiarpur 4,196, Ferozepur 3,552, Sangrur 3,388, Pathankot 3,308, Kapurthala 2,959, Faridkot 2,585, Muktsar 2,355, Fazilka 2,161, Moga 2,143, Ropar 1,907, Fatehgarh Sahib 1,799, Barnala 1,759, Tarn Taran 1,546, SBS Nagar 1,492 and Mansa 1,487.
The state has 19,937 active patients, of which 435 patients are on oxygen support and 73 are critical and on ventilators. Till date, as many as 84,025 patients have been cured of the virus in the state.