CHANDIGARH: In highest single-day spike, Punjab reported 3,477 fresh cases of Covid on Monday. The virus also claimed 52 lives during the day.
As many as eight deaths each were reported in Amritsar and Hoshiarpur; five each in Gurdaspur, Ludhiana and Patiala; three in Kapurthala; two each in Faridkot, Pathankot and Ropar; and one each in Fatehgarh Sahib, Fazilka, Ferozepur, Mohali, Muktsar, Nawanshahr and Tarn Taran.
While Mohali recorded 662 cases, the highest cases in a day reported by a district since the start of the pandemic, 523 people tested positive in Ludhiana, 366 in Jalandhar, 305 in Amritsar, 281 in Patiala, 214 in Bathinda, 172 in Hoshiarpur, 124 in Gurdaspur, 113 in Kapurthala, 95 in Ropar, 91 in Ferozepur, 79 in Fazilka, 70 in Pathankot, 65 each in Sangrur and Muktsar, 57 in Mansa, 49 in Nawanshahr, 42 in Fatehgarh Sahib, 37 in Moga nine in Tarn Taran and six in Barnala.
In the ongoing vaccination drive, 94,719 doses of the vaccine were administered across the state on Monday. Of the total, 87,954 eligible beneficiaries were given the first shot and 6,765 received their second dose. A total of 81,762 beneficiaries in the category of 45-plus were vaccinated with the first dose while 4,284 received their second dose. A total of 6,192 healthcare and frontline workers were given the first dose while 2,481 received their second dose.