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Punjab records 549 fresh Covid cases, positivity rate dips to 0.94%


Punjab on Sunday tape-recorded 549 fresh Covid-19 instances, while notching 23 extra virus-related deaths in the past 24 hrs, the state wellness publication launched on Sunday claimed.

All areas of the state tape-recorded much less than 100 fresh instances as the positivity price for the day additionally dipped to 0.94 percent, the publication additionally mentioned.

With 23 extra fatalities, the state’s Covid toll got to 15,826 on Sunday. The overall variety of verified favorable instances in Punjab thus far is 592,303, out of which 7,421 were energetic. A total amount of 168 people get on ventilator assistance and also 1896 on oxygen assistance.

On Sunday, the greatest variety of deaths– 5– were reported from Sangrur area, with the greatest variety of fresh instances being reported from Bathinda (71), complied with by Amritsar (52), Hoshiarpur (45), Jalandhar (41), Ludhiana (36) and also Patiala (35).

A total amount of 97234 dosages (dosage 1 and also dosage 2 integrated) of Covid vaccination were provided in Punjab on Sunday.

A total amount of 513 instances of mucormycosis ( black fungi) have actually been reported in Punjab till day, with at the very least 51 individuals having actually caught the condition thus far, the state wellness publication mentioned.