Chandigarh, Aug 23 (UNI) Punjab on Sunday registered record 1136 fresh Covid-19 cases and 50 deaths, taking the infection tally to 41,779 and the death toll to 1086 in the state.
According to an official health bulletin, the deadly virus claimed 19 lives in Patiala district, 9 in Ludhiana, 7 in Jalandhar, 6 in Gurdaspur, 2 in Ferozepur and Hoshiarpur and one life each in Fazilka, Tarn Taran, Kapurthala, Muktsar and Sangrur districts.
It said that 242 fresh cases have been reported from Ludhiana district, 188 from Patiala, 107 from Jalandhar, 68 from Amritsar, 60 from Moga, 58 from Kapurthala, 51 each from Sangrur and Hoshiarpur, 41 from Faridkot, 37 from Ferozepur, 35 from Pathankot, 34 from SAS Nagar, 32 from SBS Nagar, 21 each from Bathinda and Fatehgarh Sahib, 20 from Gurdaspur, 19 from Fazilka, 17 from Ropar, 16 from Tarn Taran, 14 from Mansa and four new cases from Muktsar district.