Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Thursday announced a two-hour extension in the night curfew in the state's nine districts worst affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Thursday announced a two-hour extension in the night curfew in the state's nine districts worst affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.
With the daily positivity rate climbing to more than 5%, Ludhiana, Jalandhar, Patiala, Mohali, Amritsar, Gurdaspur, Hoshiarpur, Kapurthala, and Ropar will now have night curfew in place from 9 pm to 5 am, instead of 11 pm to 5 am.
The nine districts have been reporting more than 100 cases daily. On Wednesday Punjab reported 2,039 new COVID-19 cases with 35 deaths.
Ludhiana reported 233 cases, Jalandhar 277, Patiala 203, Mohali 222, Amritsar 178, Gurdaspur 112, Hoshiarpur 191, Kapurthala 157 and Rupnagar 113 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday.
Captain Amarinder Singh said the coronavirus situation in the state is critical and warned people of stringent measures if they do not follow COVID-19 rules appropriately.
"COVID-19 is in a very dangerous situation in Punjab again. Yesterday 2,039 positive cases were reported and there were 35 deaths. A day earlier there were 40 deaths in the state," the Chief Minister said.
Punjab's COVID-19 case fatality rate of 3.1% is more than double the national figure of 1.4%. After Maharashtra, Punjab has recorded the maximum number of deaths due to COVID-19.
Amarinder Singh has also urged the Centre to review the COVID-19 immunisation strategy amid the rising number of cases in the state. He has asked for vaccination of all age groups in selected areas.
During a virtual meeting called by Prime Minister Narendra Modi with chief ministers of all states on the COVID-19 situation, Amarinder Singh suggested an occupation-based immunisation drive.
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