Witnessing another spike on Tuesday, Punjab recorded , including Ludhiana’s Additional Deputy Commissioner (ADC), taking the state’s COVID-19 to 6,749.
Ludhiana district continue to register a surge for another successive day with 78 cases, followed by 43 each in Sangrur and Patiala. These three districts account for 64 percent of Tuesday’s total cases.
Besides, the State has also recorded six more deaths — one each from Amritsar, Gurdaspur, Sangrur, SAS Nagar (Mohali), Ludhiana and Fatehgarh Sahib — pushing the COVID-19 death toll to 175. Among the fresh cases, 114 (44 per cent) have the contact history, and 11 (four percent) have the travel history, while 96 (37 percent) are the “new cases” with no travel or contact history.
Among them are 27 with Influenza like Illness (ILI), five healthcare workers, four police personnel, two jail inmates, six out-patients (OPD), one with Severe Acute Respiratory Illness (SARI), one frontline worker, among others.
Among the districts, Ludhiana is leading with 1182 cases, followed by Amritsar with 976, Jalandhar with 941, Sangrur 588, Patiala 440, SAS Nagar 319, Gurdaspur 263, Pathankot 236, Tarn Taran 207, Hoshiarpur 187, SBS Nagar 175, Muktsar 139, Fatehgarh Sahib 131, Moga 135, Ropar 117, Faridkot 128, Kapurthala 121, Ferozepur 122, Bathinda 117, Fazilka 103, Barnala 71, and Mansa with 51.
Among the districts, Amritsar has recorded the highest casualty with 49 deaths, followed by 28 in Ludhiana, 21 in Jalandhar, 16 in Sangrur, 10 in Patiala, seven in Hoshiarpur, six each in SAS Nagar, Gurdaspur, and Pathankot, five in Tarn Taran and Kapurthala, four in Moga, three in Ferozepur and Bathinda, two in Barnala, and one each Muktsar, Fatehgarh Sahib, and Ropar.