118 new COVID-19 cases in Punjab; toll rises to 28

A 55-year-old man from Hoshiarpur district died of COVID-19, taking number of fatalities in Punjab to 28 on Thursday, while total cases rose to 1,644 after 118 more people tested positive, an official said.

re are 1,467 active cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in state. Fourteen patients -- six each from Patiala and Mohali, and one each from Mansa and Faridkot districts -- were discharged from hospitals, taking number of people who recovered to 149, Health Department said.

COVID-19 patient from Hoshiarpur died at Amritsar government hospital on Thursday, an official said, adding that he was also suffering from hypertension. death toll in state has risen to 28, while a patient is critical and on ventilator support, department said.

As many as 118 people, including 93 pilgrims who returned from Nanded in Maharashtra, tested positive for infection, pushing total count to 1,644, according to medical bulletin.

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Among new cases, 46 were from Amritsar, 43 in Tarn Taran, six each in Patiala and Gurdaspur districts. Two more people tested positive in Bathinda, and one each in Sangrur, Ludhiana and Fatehgarh Sahib districts, bulletin said.

A total of 34,701 samples have been taken so far in state, out of which 28,933 are negative and reports of 4,124 are still awaited, it said.

Amritsar continued to top COVID-19 tally in state with 276 cases, followed by 147 in Jalandhar, 146 in Tarn Taran and 125 in Ludhiana. number of infections in Mohali is 95, followed by 91 in Gurdaspur, 89 in Hoshiarpur, 88 in Sangrur, 85 in SBS Nagar, it said.

Sixty-five people are afflicted with deadly COVID-19 in Muktsar, 56 in Moga, 45 in Faridkot and 43 in Ferozepur. Fazilka and Bathinda reported 39 cases each, followed by 27 in Pathankot, and 20 each in Barnala and Fatehgarh Sahib.

re are 19 cases in Mansa, 18 in Kapurthala and 16 in Rupnagar, as per bulletin. 

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