16 deaths, 218 new Covid cases in Punjab

CHANDIGARH: As many as 218 fresh cases of Covid-19 surfaced in Punjab, while 16 people died of the disease on Tuesday.
In the last 24 hours, four people died in Amritsar, two each in Bathinda, Ferozepur and Ludhiana, and one each in Barnala, Muktsar, Hoshiarpur, Mohali and Tarn Taran.
In Ludhiana, 24 people were tested positive while in Mohali 22 cases were reported, 19 in Jalandhar, 18 in Faridkot, 17 in Amritsar, 15 each in Ferozepur and Hoshiarpur, 13 in Patiala, 12 each in Bathinda and Sangrur, eight each in Fazilka, Muktsar and Pathankot, six in Tarn Taran, four each in Fatehgarh Sahib and Gurdaspur, three each in Mansa and Moga, two each in Barnala, Kapurthala and Nawanshahr and one in Ropar.
In the ongoing vaccination drive, 29,589 people were vaccinated, of which 23,485 received the first dose and 6,104 were given the second dose.