Punjab on Tuesday reported a big jump in fresh COVID-19 cases with 1,027 more people getting infected, taking the infection tally to 6,06,927 in the state, where two more people died from coronavirus.
Health Minister Harsh Vardhan expressed concerns about the Covid situation in Chhattisgarh. (File)
New Delhi:
Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan today said that 80 per cent of COVID-19 cases in Punjab have UK variant of the virus and said that the reasons behind the surge in fresh infections could be marriages, local body elections and farmers protests. In Punjab, 80 per cent of the cases due to the UK variant have been found and it has been confirmed by genome sequencing. It has come to notice that this surge in cases is event-driven like big fat weddings, local body elections, farmer protest, etc could also play a possible role, Mr Vardhan said, during his meeting with Health Ministers of 11 states to review the COVID-19 situation.