Punjab:1741 new cases reported in last 24 hours

Department of Health & Family Welfare, Punjab

Media Bulletin-COVID-19

1. Details of Samples and Cases:-
   1 Total Samples taken 839947
   2 Total samples collected on the day 20290
   3 Total No. of patients tested positive 37824
   4 No. of patients discharged 23037
   5 Number of active cases 13830
   6 No. of Patients on oxygen support 345
   7 Patients who are critical and on ventilator support 39
   8 Total Deaths reported 957*
   *From Amritsar 1 duplicate death case entry excluded.
   On 20 th August 2020
2. Number of new patients on oxygen support NIL
3. Number of new patients admitted in ICU 05
   (Jalandhar-05)
4. Number of new patients put on ventilator
   support

12

(Ludhiana-5, Jalandhar-5, Amritsar-1,

Faridkot-1)

4. Number of new patients discharged 334

(Jalandhar-106, Amritsar-62, Sangrur-24,
Gurdaspur-29, Ferozepur-12, Hoshiarpur-
2, Pathankot-14, FG Sahib-23, Ropar-5,
Fazilka-7, SBS Nagar-37, Muktsar-4,

Mansa-9)

5. Number of new deaths reported 37

(Amritsar-2, Gurdaspur-1, Hoshiarpur-2,
Jalandhar-3, Kapurthala-1, Ludhiana-10,
SAS Nagar-5, Muktsar-1, SBS Nagar-2,
Patiala-5, Sangrur-5)

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Patients reported positive on 20 th August 2020- 1741
District Number
of cases

Source of
Infection
outside Punjab

Local Cases Remarks

Ludhiana 398 5 New cases
(Interstate Travelers)

97 contacts of positive cases.
67 New cases (OPD). 107
New cases (ILI). 10 New cases
(ANC). 5 New cases (Police
personnel). 11 New cases
(HCW). 3 New cases (pre
operative). 4 New cases
(SARI). 89 New cases

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Jalandhar 242 —————– —————– Cases details
pending as reports
received late.

Patiala 81 —————– 23 contacts of positive cases. 9
New cases (SARI). 30 New
cases (ILI). 19 New Cases

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Amritsar 75 —————– 43 contacts of Positive Cases.
29 New cases (OPD). 3 New
Cases.

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SAS Nagar 169 1 New case (Interstate
Traveler)

36 contacts of Positive Cases.
86 new cases. 42 new cases
(ILI). 1 New case Police
Personnel. 1 new case (ANC).
2 New cases (OPD)

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Sangrur 28 —————– 18 New cases (ILI). 10 New

cases

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Bathinda 148 —————– —————– Cases details
pending as reports
received late

Gurdaspur 20 —————– 3 Contacts of positive cases.
17 New Cases.

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Ferozepur 133 2 New cases
(Domestic Travelers)

46 New cases. 7 New cases
(ILI). 15 New cases (ANC). 18
New cases (Police Personnel).
36 Contacts of positive cases.

Rest cases details
pending as reports
received late

Moga 94 —————– 25 Contacts of positive cases.
69 New Cases

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Hoshiarpur 18 —————– 7 contacts of positive cases. 11
New Cases

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Pathankot 22 —————– 21 Contacts of positive cases.
1 New case (OPD)

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Barnala 58 2 New cases
(Domestic Travelers)

16 New cases (ILI). 12
contacts of positive cases. 25
New Cases (OPD). 1 New
Case (Frontline Worker). 1
New case (pre operative). 1
New case (ANC)

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FG Sahib 33 2 New cases
(Domestic Travelers)

17 Contacts of positive cases.
12 New cases (OPD). 2 New
cases (ILI)

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Kapurthala 19 —————– 7 New cases (OPD). 2 New
cases (Police Personnel). 2
New cases (Prisoners). 2
contacts of positive case. 2
New cases (ILI). 4 New cases.

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Faridkot 41 —————– —————– Cases details
pending as reports
received late

Tarn Taran 32 —————– 4 Contacts of positive cases. 1
New case (ANC). 10 New
cases (OPD). 4 New cases
(Police Personnel). 13 New
cases

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Ropar 33 —————– —————– Cases details
pending as reports
received late.

Fazilka 46 2 New cases
(Interstate traveler)

14 contacts of positive cases.
11 New cases (ILI). 6 New
cases (ANC). 10 New cases
(OPD). 1 New case (Police
Personnel). 2 New cases

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SBS Nagar 13 1 New case
(Domestic Traveler).
1 New case (Foreign
Returned)

2 New Cases (ILI). 1 New case
(Pre operative). 5 contacts of
positive cases. 3 New cases.

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Muktsar 20 2 New cases
(Interstate Travelers)

3 New cases (ILI). 2 Contacts
of positive cases. 13 New
Cases (OPD)

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Mansa 18 —————– 4 contacts of Positive cases. 14
New cases.

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• 18 Positive cases source of infection out of Punjab.

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2. Cumulative Cases:-
   S. No. District Total Confirmed
   Cases

Total Number of
active cases

Total
Discharged

Deaths

1. Ludhiana 8410 3368 4761 281
2. Jalandhar 4838 1720 3006 112
3. Patiala 4330 1474 2758 98
4. Amritsar 3035 484 2433 118
5. SAS Nagar 2272 1134 1095 43
6. Sangrur 1698 340 1294 64
7. Bathinda 1590 840 734 16
8. Gurdaspur 1274 315 928 31
9. Ferozepur 1337 815 504 18
10. Moga 1037 477 550 10
11. Hoshiarpur 943 178 738 27
12. Pathankot 809 191 600 18
13. Barnala 828 529 285 14
14. FG Sahib 797 261 521 15
15. Kapurthala 676 274 376 26
16. Faridkot 741 340 397 4
17. Tarn Taran 618 220 371 27
18. Ropar 604 212 383 9
19. Fazilka 607 222 380 5
20. SBS Nagar 516 102 400 14
21. Muktsar 526 197 324 5
22. Mansa 338 137 199 2
    Total 37824 13830 23037 957
     From Amritsar 1 duplicate death case entry excluded.