The each day state well being bulletin mentioned Punjab recorded 218 new Covid instances on Tuesday, whereas including 16 new virus-related deaths to its tally.
Meanwhile, Punjab additionally obtained contemporary inventory of 31,000 doses of Covaxin from the Center on Tuesday, a well being official mentioned. However, no COVID-19 dose was despatched from the Centre, because the state had nearly exhausted its inventory of the vaccine.
On Tuesday, lower than 30 contemporary instances have been reported in all districts, as the general positivity fee within the state fell to 0.52 per cent. Nawanshahr (SBS Nagar) district, as soon as a Covid hotspot in Punjab, reported solely two contemporary instances on Tuesday. According to the well being bulletin, solely two new instances have been reported in Kapurthala and Barnala districts, whereas just one new case was reported in Ropar.
With 16 extra deaths, the state’s Covid toll reached 16033 on Tuesday. The whole variety of confirmed constructive instances within the state thus far is 595, of which 3347 are lively. A complete of 106 sufferers are on ventilator help and 1,509 are on oxygen help.
According to the well being bulletin, the utmost variety of deaths – 4 – have been reported from Amritsar on Tuesday. The most variety of contemporary instances have been reported from Ludhiana (24), adopted by SAS Nagar (22), Jalandhar (19), Faridkot (18) and Amritsar (17). A complete of 41529 assessments have been performed in the course of the day, the bulletin mentioned.
A complete of 29589 lakh doses of COVID-19 vaccine (dose 1 and dose 2 mixed) have been administered in Punjab on Tuesday.
The well being bulletin additional acknowledged {that a} whole of 578 instances of mucormycosis (black fungus) have been reported in Punjab thus far, out of which 51 sufferers have succumbed to their accidents.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
