3,176 circumstances in 24 hours: Punjab’s highest single-day spike since pandemic started

In its highest every day caseload for the reason that Covid-19 outbreak in March final 12 months, Punjab has recorded 3,176 recent circumstances and 59 deaths within the final 24 hours, as per the state bulletin on Friday. The state’s whole tally has touched 2,26,059 circumstances until date.
This is the second Covid wave being witnessed in Punjab after the single-day highest depend of two,896 circumstances was reported on September 17, 2020.
Punjab authorities’s well being advisor and state’s Covid knowledgeable committee head, Dr Okay Okay Talwar, mentioned that this time, the an infection was spreading sooner than the primary wave which got here in September final 12 months and the UK mutant pressure present in samples from Punjab was the rationale for the surge. From simply 635 circumstances reported on March 1 to three,176 circumstances on March 26, the every day case depend has witnessed five-time improve in mere 25 days.
“81 per cent of 401 samples from Punjab were found having the UK strain as per the results of genome sequencing so it is a major reason behind this super surge in Punjab but we are still analysing the situation. It is very difficult to say that among all infected persons, who are carrying which strain other than the UK one. But the UK strain infects 70 per cent more people, but is not that fatal. However, less deaths in this wave compared to the first one might also be because of better healthcare services now. It is too early to say anything,” mentioned Dr Talwar.
He mentioned that the second wave in Punjab is predicted to surge for one more “two weeks at least” and possibly even longer than that.
“No timeline can be given as of now but at least for coming two weeks, the surge will continue further,” mentioned Dr Talwar.
Meanwhile, with 59 recent deaths Friday, the state additionally witnessed the very best single day toll of 2021. Earlier, 58 deaths had been recorded on March 22. The highest single-day Covid toll in Punjab for the reason that outbreak was reported on September 2 final 12 months when 106 individuals had died in a day.

With 59 recent deaths, the toll in Punjab as a result of Covid has reached 6,576. As per the district sensible break-up of 59 deaths, fourteen every died in Jalandhar and Hoshiarpur — the 2 worst-hit districts within the second wave. Five died in Ludhiana, 4 every in Bathinda, Amritsar, Kapurthala, Nawanshahr (SBS Nagar), three in Patiala, two in Sangrur and one every in Faridkot, Gurdaspur, Ropar, SAS Nagar (Mohali) and Tarn Taran.
Total energetic circumstances in Punjab are 22,652. The most recent circumstances on Friday had been recorded in Jalandhar (494), SAS Nagar (409) and Ludhiana (395).

While 25 sufferers in Punjab are on ‘critical and on ventilator support’, 304 are on oxygen assist.

The most energetic circumstances are in district Jalandhar (3,109), SAS Nagar (3,064), Ludhiana (2,568), Patiala (2,405) and Amritsar (2,313).
Meanwhile, Punjab has administered a complete of 6.97 lakh doses of vaccine until Friday, together with 2.87 lakh healthcare and frontline employees in part 1 and three.12 lakh beneficiaries from 60+ and 45+ with comorbidities group in part 2, until Friday.