A woman gets the jab at the Civil Hospital in Jalandhar.
Chandigarh, April 17
The state reported 4,498 cases and 64 deaths in the past 24 hours. In terms of deaths, SAS Nagar led districts with 10, followed by Patiala (7); Gurdaspur, Amritsar and Ludhiana (6 each); Tarn Taran, Jalandhar, Hoshiarpur and Bathinda (4 each); Ferozepur (3), Kapurthala, Muktsar and Pathankot (2 each); and Sangrur, Mansa, Ropar and Barnala (1 each). In Ludhiana, breaching all previous records, the district reported 943 fresh Covid cases during the past 24 hours. The virus claimed nine more lives. — TNS
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