Chandigarh: Total 271 fresh Covid cases appeared in Punjab while 18 people died on Monday.
The virus claimed six lives in Bathinda, two in Ludhiana and Rapar and one from Barnal, Faridkot, Ferozepur, Gurdaspur, Jalandhar, Pathankot, Patiala and Tarn Taran.
A total of 35 positive people were tested in Ludhiana, 26 in Jalandhar, 21 in Hoshiarpur, 20 in Bathinda, 19 in Mohali, 18 in Fazilka, 16 in Patiala, 15 in Amritsar, 12 in Faridkot, Gurdrasar and Muktsar, 10 each at each Fatehgarh Sahib and Mansa, nine in Moga, six in Pathankot, five in Sangrur, four each in Kapurthala and Ropar, three in Barnala and Tarn Taran and two in Nawahah.
As for vaccination, 42,802 people received Jab.
Of these, 35,598 received the first dose and 7,204 given the second dose.