Chandigarh, April 16, 2020: Eleven new coronavirus cases were detected in Punjab today. Six of these cases were from Jalandhar, three from Patiala and two from Pathankot.
Five cases from Jalandhar were contacts of a coronavirus patient while one has severe acute respiratory infections (SARI). All three Patiala cases were contacts of a positive case, while one case in Pathankot had SARI while the other was a contact of a positive case.
Details of Samples and Cases:
Total Suspected cases reported till date 5524
Total No. of samples sent 5524
Total No. of patients tested positive till Date: 197
Total No. of patients tested negative 4727
Results Awaited 600
No. of patients cured out of positive 29
Active cases 154
No. of Patients on oxygen support 03
No. of Patients in ICU 00
Patients who are critical and on ventilator support 2
Total Deaths reported 14
• Number of new patients put on oxygen support-NIL
• Number of new patients admitted in ICU-Nil
• Number of patients put on ventilator support-02
• Number of new patients cured- 02 (1 each from SAS Nagar & Patiala)
• Number of new deaths reported- 01 (one positive patient from Gurdaspur admitted in GMC Amritsar died)
Confirmed Cases:
Cases-Cured-Deaths
SAS Nagar 56-6-2
Jalandhar 31-4-2
Pathankot 24-0-1
SBS Nagar 19-15-1
Amritsar 11-0-2
Ludhiana 11-1-2
Mansa 11-0-0
Hoshiarpur 7-2-1
Patiala 6-1-0
Moga 4-0-0
Faridkot 3-0-0
Ropar 3-0-1
Sangrur 3-0-0
Barnala 2-0-1
FG Sahib 2-0-0
Kapurthala 2-0-0
Muktsar 1-0-0
Gurdaspur 1-0-1
Total 197-29-14