With 669 fresh cases of the novel coronavirus, Punjab on Sunday registred a record of low number in the past few months. The state’s infection tally now stood at more than 1.23 lakh (1,23,973), with 35 more fatalities in Punjab on Sunday pushed the death toll to 3,833.
The state has been witnessing a surge in cases since July-end, registering above 1000 cases every day.
However, the situation has been witnessing an improvement since past week with the state reporting less than 1000 cases for the sixth consecutive day.
As per available data, the state has been adding around 2,000 a day in September.
Among the 35 casualties, highest five deaths were reported from Ludhiana; followed by four each from Hoshiarpur and Jalandhar; three each from Amritsar, Kapurthala and Patiala; two each from Bathinda, Gurdaspur and Rupnagar; and one each from Faridkot, Ferozepur, Moga, Muktsar, Pathankot and Tarn Taran.
As per the bulletin, Mohali reported the maximum 114 fresh infections, followed by 91 in Ludhiana, 65 in Amritsar, 53 in Jalandhar, 51 in Patiala, 40 in Gurdaspur, 36 in Pathankot, 34 in Fazilka, 30 in Hoshiarpur, 25 in Muktsar, 18 in SBS Nagar, 17 in Tarn Taran and Bathinda, 16 in Kapurthala, 13 in Faridkot 10 in Sangrur, nine in Barnala, eight in Moga and Fatehgarh Sahib, seven in Ferozepur, four in Ropar, and three in Mansa.
Out of the total 1.23 lakh cases, the state has 9,275 active cases, of which, 35 critical patients are on ventilator, while 180 are on oxygen support.
A total of 1,098 coronavirus patients were discharged after recovering from the infection on Sunday, taking the number of cured persons to 1,10,865 with the state’s recovery rate reaching 89.43 percent.