Highest single-day Covid toll in Punjab

TNN | Aug 13, 2020, 04:53 IST

Ludhiana was followed by Jalandhar which contributed 130 cases to the state’s tally. In Mohali 104 people were found to be infected with the virus

Ludhiana was followed by Jalandhar which contributed 130 cases to the state’s tally. In Mohali 104 people were...Read More

CHANDIGARH: Punjab yet again posted its single-day highest death toll as 39 more people succumbed to the virus which has claimed 675 lives till date.

The constant rise in the number of deaths has pushed the mortality rate of the state to 2.5% against the national average of 2%.
The virus claimed the lives of 13 people in Ludhiana. Six people lost their lives in Hoshiarpur while four people were killed in Patiala, three each in Amritsar, and Jalandhar and two each in Pathankot, Mohali and Gurdaspur. One death each was reported in Bathinda, Barnala, Sangrur and Fatehgarh Sahib.
The death count is expected to rise as 18 patients in critical condition are on ventilator and 142 on oxygen support. A total of 1,020 positive cases were reported from all the 22 districts of the state, taking the overall tally of cases to 26,909.
Of new cases, 680, which accounts for 66.53% of fresh cases reported in the last 24 hours, were from six districts. Ludhiana continued to report the highest number of cases from the last 16 days in running. Of the total cases, 229 were from Ludhiana alone. Of them, 56 were contacts of positive cases while in 44 cases the health teams failed to trace the transmission history. As many as 80 patients were found to be coinfected with influenza-like illness (ILI).
Ludhiana was followed by Jalandhar which contributed 130 cases to the state’s tally. In Mohali 104 people were found to be infected with the virus.
Amritsar reported 85 fresh cases while 70 cases were from Patiala and 62 from Barnala. In Gurdaspur 39 people were tested positive, 36 in Faridkot, 34 in Kapurthala, 29 in Pathankot, 27 in Pathankot, 24 in Ropar, 23 in Hoshiarpur and 22 each in Barnala, Sangrur and Bathinda. As many as 19 cases surfaced in Moga, 18 in Fatehgarh Sahib, 13 each in Fazilka and Nawanshahr, nine each from Tarn Taran and Muktsar and three from Mansa.
Officials said as many as 422 people -- Ludhiana (190), Amritsar (17), Sangrur (24), Mohali (19), Hoshiarpur (2), Gurdaspur (28), Pathankot (12), Bathinda (57), Fatehgarh Sahib (7), Moga (10), Fazilka (10), Kapurthala (43) and Barnala (3) --were discharged after recovering, taking the tally of patients discharged 17,212.