Chandigarh, Jun 13 () A total of 21 people died of COVID-19 in Punjab since June 1 with Amritsar, Ludhiana and Jalandhar being the worst affected districts in the state, reveal official data.
Eleven of the 21 fatalities occurred in Amritsar while the rest were reported from Ludhiana, Jalandhar, Pathankot, Patiala, Tarn Taran and Sangrur, the data said.
State's health officials said those who died were also suffering from other diseases like diabetes and hypertension.
As two more people succumbed to the coronavirus infection on Sunday, the death toll in Punjab rose to 65, as per the data.
Amritsar, Jalandhar and Ludhiana accounted for about 40 per cent of the total 3,063 COVID-19 cases in the state till Saturday evening.
Amritsar district is leading the COVID-19 tally with 601 infected cases. The number of cases in Amritsar rose by 215 since June 1, according to the data.
Jalandhar, which has second highest number of cases in Punjab, witnessed the virus count jumping from 246 on June 1 to 323 on June 13.
The number of cases in Ludhiana grew from 197 at the start of the month to 333 till date, the data showed.
Pathankot saw coronavirus cases more than doubling from 60 to 138 in the same period.
The number of active coronavirus cases also saw a surge since June 1 in the state. The active cases rose from 257, as on June 1, to 671 on June 13, the data revealed.
As many as 327 coronavirus patients have been discharged since June 1 from various hospitals in Punjab after their recovery. As of now, a total of 2,327 patients have been cured of the infection.
The Punjab government had announced the imposition of stricter lockdown on weekends and public holidays in the state amid apprehensions of community spread of COVID-19 with projections indicating that the pandemic peak in the state was still two months away. CHS VSD RAX RAX