Registering another 4000-plus figure, Punjab on Monday reported 4,653 fresh infections besides 84 fatalities, pushing the State’s Covid-19 tally to 3,04,660 and death toll to 7,985.
Among districts, Amritsar reported the maximum 12 casualties; followed by ten from Ludhiana; eight from Sangrur; seven each from Seven, Bathinda, and Patiala; six each from Jalandhar and Tarn Taran; five each from SAS Nagar (Mohali), Gurdaspur, and Ropar; three from Kapurthala; two each from Hoshiarpur, Faridkot, and Mansa; and one each from Fazilka and Ferozepur.
SAS Nagar (Mohali) with 792 cases, reported highest number of infections followed by Ludhiana (758), Jalandhar (380), Amritsar (342), Patiala (304), Bathinda (221), Gurdaspur (198), Hoshiarpur (178), Pathankot (175), Muktsar (174), Tarn Taran (165), Faridkot (153), Kapurthala (137), Sangrur (126), and Mansa (125), among others.
The state’s active cases has reached 35,311 — accounting 11.59 percent of the state’s total positive cases — of which 463 patients are on oxygen support and 43 critical patients are on ventilator support.
With 44,098 tests conducted on Monday, Punjab recorded a positivity rate of 10.55 percent, while Muktsar with 27.10 percent, SAS Nagar (Mohali) with 21.10 percent, Moga with 20.44 percent, Mansa with 17.68 percent, Faridkot with 16.78 percent, Tarn Taran with 15.85 percent, Ludhiana with 11.97 percent, Pathankot with 11.28 percent, Fatehgarh Sahib with 11.26 percent, and Fazilka with 11.17 percent registered higher positivity arte than the state.
LUDHIANA POLICE COMMISSIONER TESTS POSITIVE MONTH AFTER TAKING JAB
Over a month after receiving the second dose of vaccination against COVID-19, Ludhiana Police Commissioner Rakesh Agrawal has been tested positive for the contagion on Monday. Notably, Agarwal had received the second jab on March 14. Announcing this in a post on social media, the IPS officer said: “Having managed to keep Covid-19 away from me for more than a year was no guarantee that it won’t bother me. Till the post-dinner walk on April 17, I had no clue what the next day would be like. But on April 18, I woke up with a body-ache, a heavy head and when I tested the temperature, it was 101. So, I called for rapid antigen and RT-PCR. I was positive in the rapid test and then in RT-PCR, so began the treatment.” Agrawal, who tested positive despite being vaccinated, is in home isolation. “Since I have taken both the vaccination doses, so I presume that I should be much better than the rest. Doctors have prescribed me basic medicines. I am in home isolation and hope to be alright soon,” he said.
LUDHIANA ORDERS CLOSURE OF COACHING, IELTS CENTRES ALSO
Taking into note the spike in COVID-19 cases, Ludhiana ordered closure of all coaching and IELTS centres which were running to their full capacity till now. Ludhiana District Magistrate-cum-Deputy Commissioner Varinder Kumar Sharma on Monday ordered the closure of all educational institutions till April 30. Notably, the schools and colleges were already closed since April 9.
CUP BATHINDA DECLARED MICRO-CONTAINMENT ZONE
Central University of Punjab (CUP) in Bathinda has been declared a micro containment zone by the District Administration after 25 students on Monday tested positive for COVID-19. The campus has been sealed. The university sources said that all students, who are hostellers and belong to different states, are stable.
