Chandigarh: A total of 218 fresh Covid-19 cases appeared in Punjab, while 16 people died of this disease on Tuesday.
In the last 24 hours, four people died in Amritsar, two of each in Bathinda, Ferozepur and Ludhiana, and one in Barnala, Muktsar, Hoshiarpur, Mohali and Tarn Taran.
In Ludhiana, 24 people were tested positive while in Mohali 22 cases reported, 19 in Jalandhar, 18 in Faridkot, 17 in Amritsar, 15 each in Ferozepur and Hoshiarpur, 13 in Patiala, 12 each in Bathinda and Sangrur, eight in Fazilka, Muktsar and Pathankot, six in Tarn Taran, four each at Fatehgarh Sahib and Gurdaspur, three each in Mansa and Moga, two in Barnala, Kapurthala and Nawanshahr and one in Ropar.
In the ongoing vaccination drive, 29,589 people were vaccinated, where 23,485 received the first dose and 6.104 was given the second dose.
16 deaths, 218 new covid cases in Punjab
