COVID-19: Night curfew in Punjab from Dec 1, fines doubled for not wearing masks
Amritsar, Nov 25: Chief Minister of Punjab, Captain Amarinder Singh said that night curfew will be imposed in the state starting December 1, 2020.
The CM ordered night curfew in all towns and cities from 10 pm to 5 pm. The CM also ordered that fines would be doubled for those not wearing masks and flouting COVID-19 rules. Fines upto Rs 1,000 would be imposed on those flouting COVID-19 norms, the CM also ordered.
Twenty-two more COVID-19 fatalities in Punjab pushed the death toll to 4,653, while the caseload rose to 1,47,665 on Tuesday with 614 new infections.
Four deaths each were reported from Sangrur and Patiala, three each from Jalandhar and Ludhiana, two each from Bathinda and Gurdaspur and one each from Fatehgarh Sahib, Mansa, Moga and Pathankot, according to a medical bulletin.
Ludhiana district recorded a maximum of 103 fresh COVID-19 cases, followed by 94 in Jalandhar and 82 in Patiala, among others.
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The principal secretary to the Punjab governor was among six people who tested positive for coronavirus in Chandigarh.
However, the governor and his family tested negative for the infection, according to a government release.
Entry
and
meetings
have
been
restricted
at
the
Raj
Bhavan
here,
it
further
said.
There
are
6,834
active
COVID-19
cases
in
the
state,
as
of
now,
according
to
the
bulletin.
A
total
of
439
coronavirus
patients
were
discharged
after
recovering
from
infection,
taking
the
number
of
cured
persons
to
1,36,178,
the
bulletin
said.
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Eleven critical patients are on ventilator support, while 139 are on oxygen support, the bulletin said.
A total of 30,51,542 samples have been collected for testing so far in the state, it added.