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Punjab reported 104 new coronavirus cases and one more death within span of 24 hours since Monday, the state’s official health bulletin showed on Tuesday.
The development takes the state’s coronavirus count to 3,371. The death toll now stands at 72.
The deceased was diabetic and had hypertension, doctors said. He died at the COVID care centre at Ghabdan in Sangrur.
Jalandhar and Ludhiana together accounted for more than half of Tuesday’s cases. Jalandhar reported 31 cases on Tuesday and Ludhiana reported 22.
Patiala (9), Amritsar (9), Pathankot (6), SAS Nagar (4), Kapurthala (4), Sangrur (4), Hoshiarpur (3), Fazilka (3), Gurdaspur (2), Faridkot (1),Ferozepur (1), Tarn Taran (1), and Fategarh Sahib (1) made up the rest of Punjab’s numbers on Tuesday, the state’s COVID bulletin showed.
Of the new cases, 12 had travel history to other states, 12 were categorised as ILI (influenza-like illness), one was a case of severe acute respiratory infection (SARI) and significant proportion—over 50 cases— were categorised as new cases.
Thirty of Jalandhar’s 31 COVID-19 infections were categorised as new cases. One was a contact of an already reported case.
Of Ludhiana’s 22 new cases, 13 were contacts of already diagnosed cases, three had travel history, and two were categorised as ILI (influenza-like illness). The last one was a policeman testing positive. Ludhiana’s has over 400 cases now.
Of Amritsar’s nine, three were contacts of already diagnosed patients, six were categorised as ILI.
In Kapurthala, two prison inmates were among four positive cases.
The district-wise breakup for COVID-19 in Punjab stands as follows: Amritsar (642), Ludhiana (409), Jalandhar (378), Tarn Taran (169), Gurdaspur (170), Hoshiarpur (144), Patiala (178), SAS Nagar (179), SBS Nagar (120), Sangrur (162), Pathankot (151), Faridkot (88), Ropar (80), Muktsar (73), Fatehgarh Sahib (78), Moga (71), Bathinda (57), Fazilka (53), Ferozepur (52), Kapurthala (45), Mansa (34), and Barnala (31).
The state’s death toll stands thus: Amritsar (21), Jalandhar (11), Ludhiana (10), Hoshiarpur (5), Pathankot (5), Gurdaspur (3), SAS Nagar (3), Kapurthala (3), Patiala (2), Tarn Taran (1), SBS Nagar (1), Ferozepur (1), Ropar (1), and Barnala (1).
Amritsar, Ludhiana and Jalandhar account for 42 per cent of Punjab’s cases and 58 per cent of its deaths.
Punjab has been seeing a steady rise in coronavirus cases in June. The state reported 41 per cent of the state’s 3,371 cases in June alone.
Punjab now 838 active cases—more than thrice the number at the end of May.
