Chandigarh, January 15
The state has reported 6,883 cases and 22 deaths in the past 24 hours. The number of deaths reported is the highest in the last six months.
A total of 25 patients are critical and are on ventilator support, 521 are on oxygen support and 138 are on level 3 care. In the district-wise break-up of casualties reported on Saturday, Patiala topped the chart with six deaths, followed by Ludhiana (5); Amritsar (3); Fathegarh Sahib, Gurdaspur and Hoshiarpur two each; Sangrur and SAS Nagar one each.
As far as cases are concerned, SAS Nagar topped the chart with 1,497 cases; followed by Ludhiana (1,283); Bathinda (588); Jalandhar (522), Patiala (476) and Amritsar (375).
With 35,720 tests conducted today, the state’s Covid testing has also increased. The positivity rate has increased to 19.46 per cent, with the rate being 55.44 per cent in Mohali; followed by 44.34 in Bathinda; 28.38 in Ropar; 25.86 in Ludhiana and 24.97 in Patiala.
Positivity rate rises to 19% in Punjab
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