Cases surpass 1 lakh in Punjab

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, September 22

With 1,498 cases and 69 deaths reported in the last 24 hours, the state count has crossed one-lakh mark. Punjab is the 18th state to cross the one-lakh mark.

The total number of cases has reached 1,01,341 and with fresh causalities, the number of deaths now is 2,926. Besides, 77,127 patients have recovered and there are 21,288 active cases in the state.

Apart from that 565 patients are on oxygen support and 65 are on ventilator support. In district wise break-up of fresh cases reported today, Amritsar topped the chart with 257 cases, followed by SAS Nagar (227), Patiala (127), Ludhiana (115), Gurdaspur (93) and Kapurthala (92).

The state reported 69 causalities in the last 24 hours. Among districts Jalandhar topped the chart with 11 deaths, followed by Amritsar, Ludhiana and Patiala (9 each), Gurdaspur (6), Bathinda, Ferozepur and Ropar (3 each), Moga and SAS Nagar (2 each), Faridkot, Fatehgarh Sahib, Fazilka, Kapurthala, Mansa, Muktsar, Pathankot, Sangrur and Tarn Taran (1 each).

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