1K new cases, 15 deaths in 24 hrs in Punjab

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, March 4

Amid a fresh spike in Covid cases, Punjab is one of the worst-affected states. It is among the five states that are contributing to almost 85 per cent of the total cases.

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As per the Union Health Ministry, Maharashtra, Punjab, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Haryana and Gujarat witnessed a rise in active cases during the same time period.

Punjab reported 1,074 cases and 15 deaths in the last 24 hours. As far as deaths are concerned, Jalandhar topped the list with five deaths, followed by Hoshiarpur with four, Ludhiana three, Patiala, SBS Nagar and Kapurthala one death each. It is almost after a gap of two months that the state reported such a large number of cases in a single day.

Punjab’s total active caseload has reached 6,264. It has witnessed a three-fold increase as compared to the cases in January, when it came down to 2,000.

As far as the vaccination drive is concerned, on Thursday, 6,691 people above 60 years of age and above 45 years of age with co-morbidities were vaccinated with the first dose. So far, in the past four days, a total of total 13,641 have been vaccinated from the same category.

Sangrur: Twentytwo more persons have tested positive for Covid-19 in Sangrur and two in Barnala. The health authorities have been conducting tests.

As per details, there are three cases from Dhuri block, one from Kauhrian, five from Sherpur, six from Sangrur, one from Longowal, one from Bhawanigarh, one from Amargarh, two from Ahemdgarh and two from Malerkotla.

In Barnala district, one person has tested positive from Barnala city and one from Mehal Kalan.