Punjab reports 177 new coronavirus cases, death toll goes past 100

Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, June 22

Punjab reported 177 new coronavirus cases in a span of 24 hours, the state’s COVID bulletin showed on Monday---a development that takes the state’s tally to 4,235.

The state also revised its death toll to 101, Punjab’s COVID bulletin showed on Monday evening.

Three districts---Jalandhar, Amritsar and Ludhiana---continued to report an alarming rising in coronavirus cases, together reporting 61 per cent on Monday’s new cases.  Two other districts—Fazilka and Sangrur---also reported double-digit infections on Monday.

Jalandhar (46), Ludhiana (34), Amritsar (28), Sangrur (15), Fazilka (13),  SAS Nagar (2), Ferozepur (7), Pathankot (7), Patiala (5), Bathinda (4), Faridkot (3), Muktsar (3), Fatehgarh Sahib (2), SBS Nagar (2), Gurdaspur (2), Moga (1),Tarn Taran (2), and Kapurthala (1) all reported new cases on Monday, the COVID tally showed.

Jalandhar reported the highest number of cases of any district in Punjab on Monday at 46.  The COVID bulletin showed that 25 of those cases were new, with no contact or travel history.

Eight cases were people with travel history---four domestic travellers who just came back from Delhi and Gurugram and four others who just came back from abroad. Thirteen cases were people who were identified through contact tracing.

Ludhiana reported 34 new coronavirus cases---23 contacts of already diagnosed cases, three policemen, one categorised as SARI (severe acute respiratory infection), one ILI (influenza-like illness), one domestic traveller and five new cases.

Amritsar reported 28 cases---18 new cases and 10 contacts of diagnosed cases.

 Amritsar still accounts for the highest number of case in the state at 758 infections.

The district-wise breakup for COVID-19 in Punjab stands as follows: Amritsar (786), Jalandhar (589), Ludhiana (584), Sangrur (221), SAS Nagar (219), Patiala (214), Pathankot (189), Tarn Taran (183), Gurdaspur (183), Hoshiarpur (162), SBS Nagar (123), Faridkot (98), Fatehgarh Sahib (90), Muktsar (84), Ropar (89), Moga (76), Bathinda (68), Fazilka (74), Ferozepur (69),  Kapurthala (66), Barnala (43), and Mansa (39).   

Amritsar, Jalandhar and Ludhiana account for 46 per cent of Punjab’s cases.

Punjab has been seeing a steady rise in the number of COVID-19 cases in June---some 46 per cent of the state's 4,235 cases and 55 per cent of the state's 101 deaths have been recorded in this month alone.