In a sigh of relief for the state, Punjab on Mondaywitnessed a dip in the fresh caseload of Covid-19.
A day after recording less than a thousand cases, Punjabhad reported 629 cases on June 14. With the fresh caseload, the infection tallyin the state rose to 5,88,525 with 33 more casualties taking the death toll to15,602.
According to the state’s medical bulletin, the number ofactive cases dropped to 11, 913 from 12, 981 on Sunday.
Theareas that reported deaths include Amritsar, Barnala, Fazilka, Bathinda,Jalandhar and Ludhiana.
On June14, Jalandhar reported 98 fresh cases of infection followed by 55 in Amritsarand 52 in Ludhiana.
The medical bulletin further added that with this, the state’s positivity rate nowstands at 1.45%.
Thepeople who have defeated the coronavirus in Punjab has reached 5,61,010including 1,650 fresh recoveries.
As ofnow, there are 188 critical patients who are on ventilator support, along with586 other critical patients and 2,529 are on oxygen support.
The state has collected a total of 1,00,83,279 samples for testing so far in thestate, it said.