Spike in death toll in Punjab, 7 more succumb

Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, June 29

With 202 fresh cases, including seven deaths, reported in the last 24 hours, the state count of confirmed Covid-19 cases has reached 5,418.

As per media bulletin, three deaths were reported from Patiala, one each from Gurdaspur and Sangrur. Apart from five casualties, two more deaths were reported from Amritsar district where the toll reached 41. The district health authorities have also reported 21 new positive cases today. With this, the total count of Covid patients in Amritsar has reached 904.

Of the new patients, 18 have influenza-like illness and four are contacts of positive patients. With a total of 164 active cases presently, 116 patients are admitted to hospitals and 48 are kept at home isolation.

In Sangrur a 55-year old man, who was first admitted to a hospital in Malerkotla on June 22, died due to the virus. He was referred to Patiala on June 24 and he died last night. As many as 35 more have tested positive on Monday. It includes seven from Malerkotla block, 12 from Sangrur, 11 from Moonak, one from Fatehgarh Panjgaryan, two from Sherpur and one from Longowal and one from Amargarh.

As per the media bulletin, 45 cases were reported from Patiala, 21 from Amritsar, 14 from Ludhiana and 10 from SBS Nagar.

Having failed to contain the spread the Covid-19, the Sangrur administration has decided to impose lockdown in Malerkotla city on Tuesday and Wednesday. Malerkotla has emerged as the latest hotspot in the district as out of total 206 cases, 111 are from Malerkotla, while 10 have lost their lives, while the number of total deaths is 13.