41 more succumb to virus

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, August 26

With 1,513 new cases, the state count has reached 46,090. As many as 41 persons died of the infection today, taking the toll to 1,219. At present, there are 14,640 active cases and 30,231 recoveries.

As far as cases are concerned, Ludhiana topped the list with 472 cases, followed by Patiala (237), Jalandhar (147), Gurdaspur (131), Hoshiarpur (83), Amritsar (73), Kapurthala (69) and SAS Nagar (54).

Apart from that, at present, 423 patients are on oxygen support and 60 are critical and are on ventilator support.

As far as deaths are concerned, Ludhiana reported 12 fatalities followed by Patiala (five), Hoshiarpur and Kapurthala (four each), Gurdaspur (three), Barnala, Muktsar, Mansa and Sangrur (two each), and Bathinda, Jalandhar, Moga, SAS Nagar and Pathankot (one each).

In Ludhiana, a 42-year-old woman living near GNE College, a 73-year-old woman from Gurdev Nagar, a 64-year-old man from Vishnupuri, a 53-year-old woman from Siahar village, a 65-year-old man from Anand Nagar Khanna, a 57-year-old woman from New Aman Nagar, a 47-year-old woman from Rajiv Gandhi Colony, a 64-year-old man from Kuldeep Nagar near Basti Jodhewal, a 49-year-old man from Sherpur Ludhiana, a 85-year-old man from Mohalla Vijay Nagar of Jagraon and a 60-year-old man from Sahnewal died of the virus.