Five more persons died due to COVID-19 in Punjab on Monday, taking the death toll to 138, while 202 new cases pushed the tally to 5,418.
Three fatalities were reported in Patiala and one each in Gurdaspur and Sangrur, according to an official bulletin.
Of the fresh cases, 60 were found in Sangrur, 45 in Patiala, 21 in Amritsar, 14 in Ludhiana, 10 in SBS Nagar, nine each in Barnala and Jalandhar, six in Tarn Taran, five in Rupnagar, four each in Mohali and Mansa, three each in Pathankot, Faridkot and Gurdaspur, two in Ferozepur, one each in Fatehgarh Sahib, Moga, Bathinda and Kapurthala.
As many as 238 coronavirus patients were discharged from hospitals after they recovered from the infection.
A total of 3,764 people have been cured so far. There are 1,516 active cases in the state as of now, according to the bulletin.
