COVID-19 | Punjab registers a death, eight new cases
The HinduAnother Covid -19 death was reported in Punjab on Tuesday, taking the death toll in the State to eight, according to an official statement. According to the health department, a patient from Amritsar died on April 7, while eight fresh cases of Covid-19 were reported, taking the tally of confirmed Covid-19 cases to 99, it added. Meanwhile, Punjab government has set up a 30-member control room at the Mandi Board for coordination and providing logistic support during the ensuing wheat harvesting and marketing season, set to begin on April 15 under a tight blanket of security and safety measures to ensure smooth operations amid the Covid-19 clampdown. The Chief Minister also wrote to his West Bengal counterpart Mamata Banerjee, seeking her personal intervention to revive manufacturing and loading at the jute mills in her State against the pending indents for gunny bales placed by the Punjab government.