Punjab records 1,320 new Covid-19 cases, 45 deaths

CHANDIGARH: Punjab registered 1,320 new Covid-19 positive cases on Saturday and 45 deaths because of the deadly virus.
The total Covid-19 tally across the state reached 40,643 on Saturday and the state has till now lost 1,036 lives to coronavirus.
With 15 cases, Ludhiana district recorded the highest number deaths, followed by eight in Jalandhar, five in Sangrur, three in Mohali, two in Amritsar, Fatehgarh Sahib and Ferozepur. Bathinda, Mansa, Faridkot, Moga, Nawanshahr, Grudaspur, Ropar and Tarn Taran districts recorded one death each.
Also on Saturday, 409 patients were discharged from various hospitals across the state after their recovery.
Highest number of positive cases — 360 — were recorded in Ludhiana district, followed by 177 in Patiala, 164 in Mohali, 92 in Amritsar, 74 in Kapurthala, 68 in Muktsar, 47 in Sangrur, 46 in Jalandhar, 42 in Pathankot, 34 in Hoshiarpur, 30 in Fatehgarh Sahib, 29 in Ropar, 27 in Tarn Taran, 26 in Gurdaspur, 25 each in Moga and Faridkot, 19 in Mansa, 13 in Nawanshahr, 10 in Fazilka, six in Barnala, three each in Ferozepur and Bathinda district.
Out of the 1,320 positive cases, 29 cases had a source of infection from outside Punjab, 20 health care workers, 14 police personnel and five were jail inmates.
Total active cases stood at 15,305 in Punjab on Saturday, Ludhiana district had the highest — 3,867 active cases — followed by 1,829 in Jalandhar, 1,629 in Patiala, 1,405 in Mohali and 878 in Ferozepur.