Published: July 25, 2020 4:02:48 pm
NSS Volunteers from the Social Work Department draw graffiti to spread awareness against coronavirus at the Student Centre of Panjab University, in Chandigarh on Sunday, June 19, 2020. (Express Photo by Kamleshwar Singh)
There was no let off in new cases of the novel coronavirus in Punjab on Friday, with the state reporting another highest single day spike with 482 cases, driving up the infection tally to 12,216. Five more Covid deaths were also reported, taking the toll to 282.
Shiv Sena (Taksali) leader Sudhir Suri, who was lodged at Ropar jail, tested positive for coronavirus. Ropar civil surgeon Dr HN Sharma said Suri was asymptomatic. “He has been shifted to level-1 Covid care centre at Gian Sagar Medical College,” he said.
The deaths were reported from Pathankot (68-year-old man), Patiala (73-year-old woman), Hoshiarpur (55-year-old man). Sangrur (59-year-old man) and Ludhiana (62-year-old man).
Maximum new positive cases were reported from Jalandhar (76), followed by Patiala and Hoshiarpur (70 each), Amritsar (55) and Ludhiana (46).
An ENT specialist working in a Jalandhar hospital, director of a school and his family member in the district and 43 BSF personnel in Hoshiarpur district tested positive.
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