Punjab reports 162 new coronavirus cases, four new deaths; death toll 105
Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, June 23
Punjab reported 162 new coronavirus cases and four new deaths in a span of 24 hours, the state’s official COVID tally showed on Tuesday evening.
The development takes the state’s COVID-19 numbers to 4,397 infections with 105 deaths.
Ludhiana, Amritsar and Patiala reported coronavirus fatalities. Ludhiana reported two of the four deaths.
Seventeen of Punjab’s 22 districts reported new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday.
Jalandhar and Ludhiana continued to report alarming number of COVID-19 cases, together accounting for 44 per cent of Tuesday’s cases. Sangrur reported cases in double digits for the second day in a row. Besides, Patiala, Bathinda and Fategarh Sahib also reported double digit figures on Tuesday.
Tuesday’s break up of cases was as follows: Jalandhar (38), Ludhiana (34), Sangrur (18), Patiala (12), Bathinda (11), Fatehgarh Sahib (10), Moga (9), Amritsar (7), Ferozepur (4), Gurdaspur (4), Kapurthala (4), Barnala (3), Mansa (3), Ropar (2), Tarn Taran (1) , Hoshiarpur (1) and Faridkot (1).
Some 20 of Monday’s new cases were people with travel history, either having returned from abroad or undertaken domestic travel recently.
Twenty of Jalandhar’s 38 cases were contacts of already diagnosed cases. Sixteen were new cases, one was SARI (severe acute respiratory infection) and one was a traveller who returned from abroad.
Of Ludhiana’s 34, 18 were contacts of diagnosed cases, three were new ANC cases, seven were ILI (influenza-like illness), and two were domestic travellers who recently returned from Bihar and Delhi. A policeman and a healthcare worker also tested positive, as did a patient already suffering from tuberculosis. The last case was an OPD patient.
Sanrgur appears to be emerging as a new area of concern for health authorities. The state tally showed that reported had 18 new cases in the past 24 hours—a number that included four policemen. Of the others, nine were contacts of diagnosed cases and five were domestic travellers.
Sangrur reported 62 more coronavirus cases later in the evening. The new cases have not been added to the state tally yet.
Three of Patiala’s 12 cases were contacts. The rest were categorised as new cases with no contact or no travel history.
Nine of Fatehgarh Sahib’s 10 were contacts. One was categorised as ILI. In Bathinda, two jail inmates tested positive. Of the rest, two were new ANC cases, four were new cases, one was an anganwadi worker and one was an ILI case. The last one was a post operative patient.
Besides these, there were 20 other cases with source of infection oustiden Punjab, the tally shows. These have not been added to the state’s numbers
The district-wise breakup for COVID-19 in Punjab stands as follows: Amritsar (792), Ludhiana (615), Jalandhar (602), Sangrur (239), SAS Nagar (219), Patiala (214), Pathankot (188), Tarn Taran (186), Gurdaspur (195), Hoshiarpur (165), SBS Nagar (125), Fatehgarh Sahib (100),Faridkot (99), Muktsar (84), Ropar (91), Moga (85), Bathinda (79), Fazilka (75), Ferozepur (77), Kapurthala (67), Barnala (46), and Mansa (32).
Twelve of Punjab’s 22 districts now have more than 100 cases.
Three districts—Amritsar, Ludhiana and Jalandhar—account for 45 per cent of Punjab’s cases and 60 per cent of its deaths.
Punjab has seen a steady rise in coronavirus cases in June. About 48 per cent of the state’s COVID-19 cases and 57 per cent of deaths were registered in this month alone.
The state’s death toll stands thus: Amritsar (32), Ludhiana (18), Jalandhar (14), Sangrur (6), Patiala (5), Hoshiarpur (5), Pathankot (5), Kapurthala (4), Gurdaspur (3), SAS Nagar (3), Tarn Taran (2), Moga (1), SBS Nagar (1), Ferozepur (3), Ropar (1), and Barnala (2).
About 1,245 people are in institutional isolation, the state bulletin shows.
