Punjab registers 50 deaths, 1,541 new cases; toll 1,453

CHANDIGARH: Punjab registered 50 deaths due to Covid-19 and 1,541 new positive cases on Monday. The total number Covid-19 deaths in Punjab now has touched 1,453 while 53,992 people have tested Covid positive. The state had 15,512 active Covid cases on Monday. Meanwhile, 1,280 patients were discharged from various hospitals in Punjab on Sunday after recovery. However, 77 Covid patients continue to be critical and remain on ventilator support while 474 are on oxygen support.
Ludhiana district recorded the highest number of deaths on Monday (18), followed by Mohali (10), Amritsar (5), Hoshiarpur (5), Kapurthala (4), Jalandhar (3), and Fatehgarh Sahib, Fazilka, Gurdaspur, Patiala and Moga (1 each) .
Bathinda district the highest number of Covid-19 positive cases (231), followed by Ludhiana (210), Jalandhar (202), Patiala (156), Amritsar (118), Mohali (102), Gurdaspur (75), Barnala (58), Hoshiarpur (44), Mansa (44), Ferozepur (42), Sangrur (40), Muktsar (36), Pathankot (35), Kapurthala (33), Faridkot (32), Fatehgarh Sahib (25), Moga (23), Ropar (16), Nawanshahr (11), Tarn Taran (5) and Fazilka (3).
According to the state government’s medical bulletin, out of the 210 Covid cases in Ludhiana, three were transferred to other states and 70 duplicate entries deleted. Also, one duplicate death entry was deleted from Tarn Taran district.
The 1,541 positive cases included 13 police personnel, 13 prisoners, 12 frontline workers, seven with source of infection from outside Punjab and six health care workers.
As there were 15,512 active Covid-19 cases in Punjab, Ludhiana district had the highest number of 2,392 active cases, followed by 1,988 in Jalandhar, 1,581 in Mohali, 1,423 in Patiala and 877 in Gurdaspur.