Punjab witnessed 76 COVID related deaths as the highest single-day spike of 7014 cases was reported on Sunday.
The state’s infection tally now stands at 339090 while the death toll has reached 8432. There were 48154 active cases in the state till the evening, as per the health bulletin
In the past 24 hours, a maximum of 14 deaths were reported in Patiala followed by nine deaths each in Amritsar and Ludhiana. Six fatalities were reported in Hoshiarpur, five each in Gurdaspur and Mohali, four each in Bathinda and Fazilka, three in Jalandhar and Ropar, two each in Mansa, Barnala, Tarn Taran, Faridkot, Pathankot, Kapurthala, one each Sangrur and Ferozpur, the bulletin stated.
Ludhiana, with 1389 fresh infections, registered the highest number of cases.
Among other districts, 893 cases were reported in Mohali, 648 in Jalandhar, 569 in Amritsar, 495 in Patiala, 464 in Bathinda, 317 in Gurdaspur, 300 in Muktsar, 241 in Fazilka, 250 in Mansa, 202 in Kapurthala. 5315 people recovered from the virus in the last 24 hours taking the total recovered to 282504 in the state, the bulletin added.