Vishav Bharti
Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, March 20
Doaba seems to have emerged as the epicentre of a second Covid spike in the state. Half of the state's deaths in the last two weeks have been reported from Jalandhar, Hoshiarpur and SBS Nagar districts.
Daily cases above 40K after 111 days
New Delhi: The daily Covid cases breached the 40,000-mark (40,953) after 111 days on Saturday. The total cases reached 1,15,55,284, while vaccinations have crossed 4.2 crore. Maharashtra, Kerala and Punjab accounted for 76.22 per cent of the active caseload.
As per the Health Department, the state reported 370 deaths and 23,118 cases in the past two weeks. Of these, 181 deaths and 7,306 cases were reported from the three Doaba districts. With 87 deaths and 3,171 cases, Jalandhar is the worst-affected district. It is followed by Hoshiarpur, which saw 63 deaths and 2,398 cases. SBS Nagar, where the first Covid case in the state was detected last year, witnessed 31 deaths and 1,737 cases during the same period.
Meanwhile, there is no let-up in new infections in the state, which saw 2,587 cases in the past 24 hours.
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