Continuing the trend, Punjab on Sunday reported 582 fresh cases of the novel Coronavirus, besides seven deaths, pushing the state’s Covid-19 tally to 1,82,176, and taking the state’s death toll to 5,832.
Among the fatalities, Amritsar and Jalandhar reported two each; while one casualty each was reported from Ferozepur, Gurdaspur, and Hoshiarpur. The state’s case fatality rate continues to hover above three percent. At 3.20 percent, Punjab CFR continues to be highest in the country.
Of the total, the state has 4,632 active cases—accounting for 2.54 percent of the total positive cases, of the, 81 patients are on oxygen support, while nine are critical and on ventilator support.
Out of the total, Jalandhar reported the highest 108 fresh cases, followed by 75 from Kapurthala, 67 from Mohali, 64 from Patiala, 63 from Ludhiana, 56 from Nawanshahr, 47 from Amritsar, among others; while three districts — Bathinda, Tarn Taran, and Mansa reported not even a single case.
On Sunday, a total of 376 patients were discharged after recovering from the contagion, taking the total number of recoveries to 1,71,712 at the rate of 94.26 percent.
