Covid claims 37 more lives in Punjab, 1,741 test positive

CHANDIGARH: Continuing with the high surge in Covid-19 cases, Punjab on Thursday recorded another 1,741 cases and 37 more succumbed to the disease.
Overall tally of the positive cases in the state now stands at 37,824, while the virus has claimed 957 lives so far. One duplicate death entry in the August 19 tally was deleted. The trend of high mortality rate is expected to continue as 39 patients in critical condition are on ventilator and 345 on oxygen support.
In the last 24 hours, the health department teams collected 20,290 samples, of which 8.58% were tested positive.
In all, 10 persons died due to the virus in Ludhiana and five each in Mohali, Sangrur and Patiala. Three persons died in Jalandhar, two each in Amritsar, Hoshiarpur and Nawanshahr, and one death each was reported in Kapurthala, Muktsar and Gurdaspur.
Ludhiana contributed the highest of 398 cases, followed by Jalandhar district, which added 242 fresh cases to the state’s tally. In Mohali, 169 persons were tested positive, 148 in Bathinda and 133 in Ferozepur. As many as 81 persons got infected in Patiala, 75 in Amritsar, 46 in Fazilka, 41 in Faridkot, 33 each in Fatehgarh Sahib and Ropar, 32 in Tarn Taran, 22 in Pathankot, 20 each in Gurdaspur and Muktsar, 19 in Kapurthala, 18 each in Hoshiarpur and Mansa, and 13 in Nawanshahr.
A total of 334 people were discharged after recovery during the day, taking the tally of patients discharged so far to 23,037.