Punjab on Wednesday witnessed another spike of 414 fresh cases, pushing the state’s COVID-19 tally to 11,301. The state’s coronavirus death toll has also reached 269 after six more succumbed to the contagion in the past 24 hours.
Five districts reported deaths on Wednesday, including two in Jalandhar and one each in Ludhiana, Patiala, Gurdaspur, and Hoshiarpur.
Among the districts, Hoshiarpur reported the highest number with 81 fresh cases, followed by 73 in Ludhiana, 50 in Patiala, 41 in Jalandhar, 30 in Mohali, 25 in Fazilka, 20 in Fatehgarh Sahib, 17 Faridkot, 16 in Sangrur, 14 in Amritsar, eight each in SBS Nagar (Nawanshahr) and Kapurthala, seven in Tarn Taran, five each in Barnala and Mansa, four in Moga, three each in Ferozepur, and Ropar, two in Muktsar, one each in Gurdaspur and Bathinda.
As many 218 of the total cases have the contact history and 11 have the travel history, while 117 are the “new” cases with no travel or contact history. The “new” cases include 10 Police Personnel including seven from Fazilka; one police official from Gurdaspur; two healthcare workers, 11 with Influenza-like Illness (ILI), three from the out-patient department (OPD), among others. In all, 252 patients (from Ludhiana-6, Jalandhar-45, Amritsar-31, Patiala-89, Sangrur-6, Gurdaspur-1, SBS Nagar-28, Hoshiarpur-6, Tarn Taran-2, Ferozepur-5, FG Sahib-4, Faridkot-2,
Moga-2, Bathinda-1, Muktsar-2, Ropar-12, Kapurthala-10) were discharged on Wednesday taking the total number of recoveries in the state to 7,641.