Also Read | Vaccine confidence in India is ticking more boxes nowMeanwhile, Punjab Finance Minister Manpreet Badal has tested positive for coronavirus.With 1,309 fresh coronavirus cases in Punjab, the infection tally rose to 1,93,345 on Thursday, while 18 more fatalities pushed the death toll to 5,996 in the state, according to a medical bulletin.
The number of active cases also increased from 9,402 on Wednesday to 10,069 on Thursday.A total of 2,73,400 samples have been taken for testing so far and of them, 2,49,733 tested negative while reports of 113 samples were awaited.On 8 March, Punjab Chief Secretary Vini Mahajan on Sunday held a high-level meeting with experts to tackle the second COVID-19 wave.Click here to read the Mint.