Night Curfew In Punjab Extends Till January 1st

Captain Amarinder Singh, the Chief Minister of Punjab, extended night curfew in Punjab.

The curfew would be from 10:00 P.M., to 5:00 A.M., from until the 1st of January.

The last curfew was imposed from the 1st of December in the wake of rising cases of the Novel Coronavirus or COVID-19.

Along with that, the State Government also ordered doubling of fine for not wearing masks or keeping social distance or violating any other COVID-19 protocol from Rs. 500 to Rs. 1,000.

In addition, all hotels, restaurants, marriage palaces were need to shut down at 9:30 P.M.,

The various announcements came after the second Sero-Survey conducted in 12 districts of Punjab. The State Government found a total of 24.19% of the State’s population has been infected by COVID-19

The Health Secretary of Punjab Hussan Lal stated at a high-level meeting chaired by CM Amarinder Singh that a total of 4678 participants were interviewed and their blood samples collected.

Of these, 1,201 tested IgG reactive, of which only 4.03% were symptomatic and 95.9% were asymptomatic, a statement from the Punjab CMO said.

As per the survey, Ludhiana, with 54.6% total positivity and 71.7% urban positivity was found to be the worst hit, followed by Ferozepur, Jalandhar and SAS Nagar (Mohali). Also female positivity was found to be higher in both urban and rural areas.

Meanwhile, Punjab on Thursday reported 28 more deaths due to the deadly virus, as the toll crossed the 5,000-mark, while 635 fresh cases took the infection count to 1,58,556.

Six new deaths were reported from Mohali; four each from Amritsar and Hoshiarpur; three each from Jalandhar, Ludhiana and Patiala; two from Sangrur and one each from Barnala, Mansa and Moga taking the death toll to 5,007.

There are 7,432 active COVID-19 cases in the state, as of now, according to the bulletin.

Stay tuned for further updates.