CHANDIGARH: Punjab reported 726 fresh cases of Covid-19 while the virus claimed the lives of 20 more people on Friday. So far, 4,882 people have succumbed to the virus while 154,788 have been tested positive.
Of the total deaths reported in the last 24 hours, four deaths were reported in Ludhiana, three in Amritsar and two each in Jalandhar, Mohali and Pathankot. One death each was reported in Bathinda, Fardikot, Gurdaspur, Hoshiarpur, Kapurthala, Muktsar and Nawanshahr.
In Mohali, 133 fresh cases surfaced in last 24 hours, 126 in Jalandhar, 100 in Ludhiana, 60 in Patiala, 58 in Amritsar and 50 in Bathinda.
As many as 30 people were tested positive in Hoshiarpur, 27 in Gurdaspur, 26 in Pathankot, 15 each in Mansa and Ropar, 12 each in Faridkot, Nawanshahr and Moga, 11 in Fazilka, 10 in Muktsar, eight in Kapurthala, seven in Ferozepur, five in Barnala, four in Fatehgarh Sahib and two in Tarn Taran.