Punjab see record spike of 665 Covid-19 cases, tally crosses 16,000-mark

Punjab on Friday reported its highest single-day spike of 665 Covid-19 cases and 19 more deaths due to the disease, a medical bulletin said.

The death toll has now climbed to 386 and the Covid-19 tally reached 16,119.

Six fatalities were reported in Ludhiana, three in Amritsar, two each in Barnala and Patiala and one each in Jalandhar, Pathankot and Kapurthala, according to the medical bulletin.

Ludhiana district alone reported 248 new cases, followed by 136 in Patiala, 71 in Amritsar, 43 in Pathankot, 32 in Barnala, 25 in Sangrur, 24 each in Jalandhar and Mohali, 15 in Fatehgarh Sahib,