Punjab on Friday registered 2,903 fresh cases of the novel coronavirus, besides 57 casualties pushing the state Covid-19 tally to 2,45,768 and the death toll to 6,983.
Of the total, nine fatalities each were reported from Hoshiarpur and Jalandhar; followed by six each Amritsar and Patiala; five each from Gurdaspur, Ludhiana, and Tarn Taran; three each from
Bathinda and SAS Nagar (Mohali); and two each from Kapurthala, Moga, and Pathankot.
The state’s active has increased to 25,458, of which 345 patients are on oxygen support, while 33 are critical and on ventilator support. Total 10.36 percent of the total cases reported in rthe state till date are “active”.
Amidst criticism by the Centre of not conducting enough tests, the state’s testing on Friday reached 43,968, with the positivity rate of 6.60 percent.
Among the districts, Jalandhar reported the highest number of new infections with 439; followed by 419 from SAS Nagar (Mohali); Ludhiana with 369 cases, Amritsar 337, Patiala 316, Bathinda 259, Hoshiarpur 183, Gurdaspur 155, among others.