Punjab records 177 fresh cases which took the COVID-19 tally to 4,235

Death toll due to the coronavirus crossed the 100-mark in Punjab after two more persons succumbed to the infection on Monday, while 177 fresh cases took the COVID-19 tally to 4,235, according to a government health bulletin. 

The two fatalities were reported in Ludhiana, taking the death toll to 101. Punjab has been witnessing a steady spike in coronavirus cases with 1,111 people testing positive for the virus since June



15.

Of the fresh 177 cases, 46 were in Jalandhar, 34 in Ludhiana, 28 in Amritsar, 15 in Sangrur, 13 in Fazilka, seven each in Pathankot and Ferozepur, five in Patiala, four in Bathinda, three each in Faridkot and Muktsar, two each in Mohali, Fatehgarh Sahib, SBS Nagar, Gurdaspur, Tarn Taran and one each in Moga and Kapurthala, according to the bulletin. Three of them were Border Security Force personnel and four policeman; one was a railway employee.