Punjab recorded only one new coronavirus case on Friday.
According to the bulletin issued by the Punjab government, the lone new patient was an Railway Protection Force (RPF) personnel from Ludhiana, taking tally of Covid cases to 2,029.
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Meanwhile, the recovery rate of the state further improved to 91 per cent from 89.4 per cent as 1,847 Covid patients have recovered.
The number of active cases further reduced to 143. So far, 39 patients have succumbed to the disease. Of 62,399 samples, 55,777 have tested negative and results of 4,593 are awaited.