Department of Health & Family Welfare, Punjab
Media Bulletin-COVID-19
- Details of Samples and Cases:-
1 Total Samples taken 2053875
2 Total samples collected on the day 27940
3 Total No. of patients tested positive 121716
4 No. of patients discharged 107200
5 Number of active cases 10775
6 No. of Patients on oxygen support 228
7 Patients who are critical and on
ventilator support
42
8 Total Deaths reported 3741
On 8th October 2020
- Number of new patients on
oxygen support
NIL
- Number of new patients
admitted in ICU
12
(Amritsar-3, Jalandhar-8, Kapurthala-1)
- Number of new patients put on
ventilator support
11
(Patiala-2, Amritsar-4, Ludhiana-4, SBS Nagar-1)
- Number of new patients
discharged
1615
(Ludhiana-111, Jalandhar-185, Patiala-107, SAS
Nagar-310, Amritsar-162, Gurdaspur-103, Bathinda-
24, Hoshiarpur-91, Ferozepur-1, Pathankot-127,
Sangrur-54, Kapurthala-49, Faridkot-64, Muktsar-58,
Fazilka-21, Moga-28, Ropar-34, FG Sahib-18,
Barnala-36, SBS Nagar-14, Mansa-18)
- Number of new deaths reported 29
(Faridkot-5, Gurdaspur-3, Jalandhar-3, Barnala-2,
Ferozepur-2, Kapurthala-2, Ludhiana-2, Patiala-2,
Ropar-2, Amritsar-1, FG Sahib-1, Fazilka-1, Mansa-1,
Pathankot-1, Tarn Taran-1)
Patients reported positive on 8th October 2020- 930
District Number
of cases
Source of
Infection outside
Punjab
Local Cases Remarks
Ludhiana 89 ————— 3 Contacts of positive
cases.. 34 New cases
(OPD). 30 New cases (ILI).
2 New cases (ANC). 5 New
cases (HCW). 13 New
cases. 2 New cases (Police
Personnel)
Jalandhar 122 ————— ————— —————
Patiala 47 ————— 3 Contacts of positive
cases. 16 New cases (ILI).
28 New cases.
SAS Nagar 155 ————— ————— Cases details
pending as
reports received
late.
Amritsar 100 ————— 62 Contacts of positive
cases. 38 New cases.
Gurdaspur 60 ————— 16 Contacts of positive
cases. 11 New cases (ILI).
33 New cases.
Bathinda 40 ————— 16 New cases (ILI). 24 New
cases (OPD)
Hoshiarpur 46 ————— 24 Contacts of positive
cases. 22 New cases.
Ferozepur 49 ————— 23 New cases. 26 Contacts
of positive cases.
Pathankot 20 ————— 2 Contacts of positive
cases. 18 New cases.
Sangrur 22 ————— 2 New cases (ILI). 3
Contacts of positive cases.
1 New case (Frontline
Worker). 7 New cases
(OPD). 9 New cases.
7
Kapurthala 32 ————— 6 Contacts of positive
cases. 5 New cases (ILI). 21
New cases.
Faridkot 22 ————— 7 Contacts of positive
cases. 1 New case (Pre
operative). 14 New cases
(OPD)
Muktsar 7 ————— 4 New cases (OPD). 1 New
case (ILI). 2 Contacts of
positive cases.
Fazilka 23 ————— 6 New cases (ILI). 17 New
cases (OPD)
Moga 4 ————— 4 New cases. —————
Ropar 23 ————— 23 New cases —————
FG Sahib 15 ————— 1 New case (ILI). 14 New
cases (OPD)
Barnala 16 ————— 7 Contacts of positive
cases. 9 New cases (OPD)
Tarn Taran 18 1 New case (Foreign
Traveler)
15 New cases. 2 New cases
(Frontline Workers).
SBS Nagar 4 ————— 4 New cases. —————
Mansa 16 ————— 4 Contacts of positive
cases. 12 New cases.
1 New case source of infection out of Punjab
- Cumulative Cases:-
S. No. District Total Confirmed
Cases
Total Active
Cases
Total Cured Deaths
- Ludhiana 18942 597 17555 790
- Jalandhar 13809 1101 12283 425
- Patiala 12023 773 10903 347
- SAS Nagar 11118 1107 9818 193
- Amritsar 10927 924 9606 397
- Gurdaspur 6367 495 5705 167
- Bathinda 6298 1251 4919 128
- Hoshiarpur 4943 538 4226 179
- Ferozepur 3976 361 3506 109
- Pathankot 3953 342 3523 88
- Sangrur 3700 170 3375 155
- Kapurthala 3684 419 3114 151
- Faridkot 2914 264 2599 51
- Muktsar 2655 444 2162 49
- Fazilka 2611 434 2135 42
- Moga 2351 275 2000 76
- Ropar 2259 388 1781 90
- FG Sahib 2003 109 1800 94
- Barnala 1905 248 1610 47
- Tarn Taran 1805 178 1553 74
- SBS Nagar 1754 161 1537 56
- Mansa 1719 196 1490 33
Total 121716 10775 107200 3741
From Gurdaspur 7 repeat case entries deleted.
From Bathinda 56 repeat case entries deleted, 4 cases shifted to Faridkot & 2 cases shifted to
Moga.
From Hoshiarpur 10 repeat case entries deleted.
From Tarn Taran 1 case shifted to Amritsar and 1 case shifted to Delhi.
