Punjab on Saturday reported five more fatalities due to COVID-19, taking the death toll to 162 while 172 fresh cases pushed the tally to 6,109 in the state, according to a medical bulletin. Two deaths were reported in Moga and one each in Mohali, Hoshiarpur and Amritsar, the bulletin said. Among the new cases, 61 were reported in Jalandhar, one of the districts worst hit by the coronavirus pandemic, followed by 46 in Ludhiana; 16 in Sangrur; nine in Amritsar; six in Bathinda; five each in Barnala, Ferozepur and Mohali; three each in Patiala and Kapurthala; two each in Moga, Gurdaspur and Pathankot and one each in Tarn Taran, Hoshiarpur, SBS Nagar, Fatehgarh Sahib, Rupnagar, Fazilka, and Mansa. Of them, 16 people had a recent travel history to other states.
Forty coronavirus patients were discharged from various hospitals after they recovered from the infection.
A total of 4,306 people have been cured of the infection so far, according to the bulletin. There are 1,641 active COVID-19 cases in the state, as of now, it said.Ludhiana on Saturday topped the COVID-19 tally in the state by surpassing Amritsar.
The virus count in Ludhiana has reached 1,017, followed by 947 in Amritsar, 834 in Jalandhar, 527 in Sangrur, 354 in Patiala, 286 in Mohali, 242 in Gurdaspur, 224 in Pathankot,
206 in Tarn Taran, 186 in Hoshiarpur, 148 in SBS Nagar, 133 in Muktsar, 122 in Fatehgarh Sahib, 116 in Moga, 114 in Rupnagar, 111 in Faridkot, 109 in Kapurthala, 107 in Ferozepur, 106 in Bathinda, 102 in Fazilka, 69 in Barnala and 49 in Mansa, according to the bulletin.
FIVE MORE TEST POSITIVE IN CHANDIGARH
Five more people tested positive for COVID-19 in Chandigarh on Saturday, taking the tally in the Union Territory to 459. A 64-year-old woman, who lives in Daria, tested positive for the disease. Samples of her seven family members will be taken for testing, a medical bulletin said.
A 57-year-old man of sector 30 and a 27-year-old woman of Manimajra are among the fresh cases reported in the city on Saturday. Two more COVID-19 patients were discharged after they recovered from infection, taking the number of those cured to 395, the bulletin said.
A total of 8,209 samples have been taken for testing so far and of these, 7,717 tested negative, while reports in 31 cases are awaited, it said. There are 58 active cases as of now in the city and six people have died of the disease so far, the bulletin said.