CHANDIGARH – Punjab on Wednesday recorded the biggest daily jump of 142 fatalities due to COVID-19 that pushed the death toll to 8,772 while 6,472 fresh cases took the cumulative tally to 358,186, according to a medical bulletin.
The number of active cases in the state increased to 53,426 from 51,936 on Tuesday, the bulletin stated.
Of the latest fatalities, 22 were reported from Gurdaspur, 18 from Amritsar, 17 from Sangrur, 15 from Ludhiana, 12 from Mohali and 10 from Patiala, it said.
Ludhiana saw the highest number of fresh cases at 952, followed by 867 in Mohali, 614 in Jalandhar, 597 in Patiala and 501 in Amritsar, among other districts. As many as 5,272 coronavirus patients were discharged after they recovered from the infection, taking the number of cured persons to 295,988, the bulletin said.
There are 97 critical patients in the state who are on ventilator support while 700 are on oxygen support, it said.
