Covid-19: Cured patients near 4,000 in Punjab, but 101 more positive, 5 die

CHANDIGARH: Inching closer to the 6,000 mark, Punjab recorded 101 fresh cases, including five deaths, on Wednesday, taking the number of cases in the state to 5,668 and the number of deaths to 149.
In what would come as good news for the state government, 122 patients were discharged after they recovered from the virus. With this, the number of patients who have been cured of the virus in Punjab rose to 3,989 — a recovery rate of 70%.

A casualty each was reported in Gurdaspur, Tran Taran, Amritsar, Ludhiana and Mohali. The death toll is expected to continue to rise in the next few days as 13 patients are on oxygen support and one on ventilator support.
For the second day in running, Ludhiana contributed the highest number of cases to the tally, with 41 people testing positive in the district. It was followed by Amritsar with 17 people getting infected. Nine cases were reported in Jalandhar, five each in Mohali, Hoshiarpur and Moga, four in Fazilka, three each in Faridkot, Gurdaspur and Patiala, two each in Sangrur and Pathankot, and one each in Tarn Taran and Bathinda. So far, 3,989 people have been cured of the virus in the state and 1,530 patients are still under treatment.
In Amritsar, district officials said, a 73-year-old man succumbed to the virus. In all, 43 Covid patients have died in Amritsar so far.
Two Border Security Force (BSF) troopers were among the four people who tested positive for Covid-19 in Fazilka. Fazilka civil surgeon Dr Chander Mohan Kataria said the other two cases included a 54-year-old woman with no travel history and a 52-year-old man who had returned from Pakistan.
The two BSF personnel are posted in Jalalabad.
(Inputs from Ferozepur and Amritsar)