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COVID-19 pandemic in Punjab | |
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Disease | COVID-19 |
Virus strain | SARS-CoV-2 ![]() |
Location | Punjab, India ![]() |
First outbreak | Wuhan, China |
Index case | Amritsar |
Arrival date | 9 March 2020 (4 years, 5 months, 1 week and 3 days) |
Confirmed cases | ![]() |
Active cases | ![]() |
Recovered | ![]() |
Deaths | ![]() |
Territories | All 22 Districts |
Government website | |
Official website |
The COVID-19 pandemic was confirmed to have spread to the Indian state Punjab on 9 March 2020, when an Indian man returning from Italy was tested positive. As of 31 March 2021, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has confirmed a total of 2,39,734 cases, including 6,868 deaths and 2,09,034 recoveries in Punjab. [1][2] The economy of Punjab has been severely effected by the COVID-19 pandemic.[3]