Coronavirus: Punjab reports 54 new cases as total tally rises to 1,877; death of a 91-year-old man

Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, May 11

Punjab on Monday reported a coronavirus death and 54 new cases of the disease, taking the state’s death toll to 32 and case tally to 1,877.

A 91-year-old Jalandhar man, who had recently tested positive for coronavirus, died at CMC hospital in Ludhiana. With the latest case, Jalandhar’s COVID toll has risen to six. The man suffered from Severe Acute Respiratory Infection (SARI), a leading cause of death among coronavirus patients.

Jalandhar also reported 13 new coronavirus cases, taking the district’s case tally to 188. The patients, from Qazi Mohalla, are all contacts of a person who had previously tested positive for the deadly disease.