CHANDIGARH: If the first year of the pandemic was harsh, the subsequent year was worse with the devastation inflicted by the two waves of Covid-19 fuelled by different variants, putting people in a state of despair and the figures say it all.
In Punjab, where the first confirmed case of Covid-19 was reported in March 2020, the caseload jumped by over 214% and deaths by over 108% in the past year in comparison to the first 365 days. A total of 12,365 deaths and 5,91,569 cases were noted in 2021, against 5,927 deaths and 1,88,391 infections in the preceding year.
