In a serious reduction, Punjab recorded the bottom variety of Covid deaths on Sunday because the second wave in March this yr. According to the state bulletin, solely 5 Covid deaths and 158 new circumstances had been reported within the state within the final 24 hours.
Battling the very best dying fee (CFR) within the nation, the single-digit dying toll comes as a reduction to Punjab, which in any other case recorded over 100 deaths every day from April 27 to May 31 throughout the peak of the second wave. registered. The most variety of 231 deaths in a single day occurred on 18 May. However, the general CFR of Punjab nonetheless stands at 2.70%, which is the very best within the nation.
The state’s Kovid toll reached 16,110. The whole variety of optimistic circumstances within the state is 5,96,416 and lively circumstances are 2,324. A complete of 96 sufferers are on ventilator help and 1,405 are on oxygen help. According to the bulletin, lower than 20 recent circumstances had been reported in all districts of Punjab besides Bathinda on Sunday. One dying every has been reported from Amritsar, Bathinda, Firozpur, Jalandhar and Muktsar.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
