Amid the rising Covid-19 cases in Punjab, chief minister (CM) Capt Amarinder Singh announced to extend the time period of night curfew from Thursday night. The curfew will begin at 9pm instead of 11pm in the eight districts where it has been imposed. He was addressing the media at a function to mark four years of the Congress government in office.
“More restrictions will be imposed over the next two days in consultation with experts. The Covid-19 situation is dangerous in the state. I am going to be tough,” he said.
He said he was meeting medical experts in a day to take stock of the situation before announcing further stricter measures to check the spread.
According to the state health authorities, Punjab has contributed maximum deaths in the country after Maharashtra in recent days. With more than 200 deaths over the past week, the focus is back on the case fatality rate (CFR) or death rate of Punjab, which is the highest in the country, as 20-25% of the country’s total virus-related deaths are coming from the state.
The CM said 2,039 fresh Covid cases and 35 deaths had been reported till Wednesday evening and at least 283 people were on oxygen support.
He said the government is looking into a request from Himachal about the movement of people from Punjab to religious sites in Himachal.
6 new containment zones in Chandigarh
The UT administration announced six new containment zones in Chandigarh on Thursday. As per the order issued by Manoj Parida, Advisor to Administrator, house number 3018 (FF) and 3020 (FF) of Sector-15; 1755 and 1756 of Sector-29; 1651 to 1653 of Sector-33B; 1552 to 1555, 3195 to 3198 of Sector-44D; and house number 1218 to 1227 of Sector-49A (Pushpak Society) have been declared as containment zone.
