Punjab on Wednesday reported a dip in the number of fresh COVID-19 cases with 852 new infections and 33 casualties, pushing the state’s infection tally to 1,20,860 and death toll to 3712.
Of the total 22, 13 districts reported fatalities in the past 24 hours, with maximum six deaths in Ludhiana; followed by five each from Bathinda and Jalandhar; three in Amritsar; two each from fatehgarh Sahib, Gurdaspur, Muktsar, Pathankot and Ropar; and one each in Fazilka, Kapurthala, SBS Nagar, and Sangrur.
All except SBS Nagar (Nawanshahr) district reported fresh cases in a span of 24 hours, with highest 120 in Jalandhar, followed by 114 in Ludhiana, 92 in Amritsar, 62 in Mohali, 57 each in Kapurthala and Gurdaspur, 46 in Hoshiarpur, 43 in Pathankot, 42 in Fazilka.