Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, October 21
As many as 499 Covid cases and 23 deaths were reported in the state in the past 24 hours.
As per a government bulletin, with the 499 fresh infections, the total tally has reached 1,29,088. Besides, the death toll has risen to 4,060.
In the district-wise breakup of the cases, Jalandhar topped the chart with 83 cases, followed by Amritsar and SAS Nagar (53 cases each), Ludhiana (47), Hoshiarpur (35) and Faridkot (31 cases). The number of active cases has declined to 4,808.
At present, 121 patients are on oxygen support and 31 on ventilator support.
As far as deaths are concerned, the state reported 23 deaths in the past 24 hours. Bathinda and Ludhiana reported four deaths each, Amritsar and Patiala three deaths each, Jalandhar two deaths, Faridkot, Ferozepur, Gurdaspur, Hoshiarpur, Kapurthala, SAS Nagar and Sangrur one death each.
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