Summary

The Centre on Wednesday reviewed the sharp COVID surge in Punjab and Chandigarh after Punjab reported 21 per cent week-on-week increase in new COVID cases and 2,740 average daily cases over the last seven days.
During the same time period, Punjab saw 30 pc week-on-week increase in new COVID deaths and continues to report 53 average daily deaths.
Chandigarh followed the same pattern reporting nearly 27 pc week-on-week rise in new cases and 180 pc week-on-week increase in new daily deaths. An average of 257 daily cases and 14 daily deaths have been reported in Chandigarh during the last week.