Migrant worker dies of COVID-19 in Punjab; 13 fresh cases take virus tally to 322
A 48-year-old migrant worker died of coronavirus in Punjab's Jalandhar, pushing the death toll to 18 in the state, an official said on Sunday.
Meanwhile, the number of infected patients soared to 322 with 13 more people testing positive for the infection.
The victim, who worked at a leather factory, died at a Jalandhar hospital on Saturday, an official said, adding that he had pneumonia too.
He originally belonged to Maharashtra and was living in Jalandhar for the past several years.
According to a medical bulletin, 12 of the fresh cases were reported from Jalandhar while one was detected in Ludhiana.
Jalandhar district topped the COVID-19 tally in the state with 78 cases, followed by 63 in Mohali, the bulletin said.
Of the remaining cases, 61 have been reported from Patiala, 25 in Pathankot, 20 in SBS Nagar, 18 in Ludhiana, 14 in Amritsar, 13 in Mansa, seven in Hoshiarpur, four in Moga, three each in Rupnagar, Sangrur, Kapurthala and Faridkot, two each in Fatehgarh Sahib and Barnala,