Chandigarh, Aug 26 (UNI) Punjab on Wednesday registered record 1513 fresh Covid-19 cases and 41 deaths, taking the infection tally to 46,090 and the death toll to 1219 in the state.
According to an official health bulletin, the deadly virus claimed 12 lives in Ludhiana district, 5 in Patiala, 4 each in Kapurthala and Hoshiarpur, 3 in Gurdaspur, 2 each in Sangrur, Muktsar, Mansa and Barnala and one life each in Bathinda, Jalandhar, Moga, SAS Nagar and Pathankot districts.
It said that 472 fresh cases have been reported from Ludhiana district, 237 from Patiala, 147 from Jalandhar, 131 from Gurdaspur, 83 from Hoshiarpur, 73 from Amritsar, 69 from Kapurthala, 54 from SAS Nagar, 44 from Pathankot, 29 from Barnala, 28 from Tarn Taran, 24 from Moga, 21 from Bathinda, 20 from SBS Nagar, 19 from Mansa, 17 from Fatehgarh Sahib, 15 from Ferozepur, 14 from Muktsar, 10 from Sangrur, 4 from Ropar and 1 new case each from Fazilka and Faridkot districts.