Five more Covid deaths were reported from Punjab on Friday. The toll now is 157. With 153 new cases, the tally has reached 5,937. The three deaths were reported from Amritsar (three women aged 50, 60 and 71 years) and two from Ludhiana (a 63-year-old man and a 68-year-old woman). Ludhiana reported maximum fresh cases (54), followed by Jalandhar (19) and Sangrur (18). The other districts which reported fresh cases were Patiala (12 cases), Amritsar (11), Gurdaspur (10), Tarn Taran and Nawanshar (6 each), Mohali and Moga (4 each), Ferozepur (2) and Pathankot, Hoshiarpur, Faridkot, Fazilka, Bathinda, Kapurthala and Barnala (1 each). Five inmates from Ludhiana Central Jail, a policeman posted as...
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