1 more death, 3 areas declared micro-containment zones in Amritsar district

Manmeet Singh Gill

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Tribune News Service

Amritsar, June 23

The district reported one more death due to the Covid-19 pandemic and 23 fresh cases on Tuesday. The death toll has mounted to 32. On the other hand, the count of positive cases has climbed to 831 till date.

The deceased has been identified as 67-year-old Usha Arora, a resident of the Loha Mandi area. She was admitted to Government Medical College where she died this morning. Officials of the Health Department stated that she had come to the flu corner in the Civil Hospital with symptoms of SARI. She was on ventilator support and authorities claimed that she was suffering from diabetes mellitus and psoriasis.

Of the new cases, 10 are ILI (influenza-like illness) cases and the remaining 13 are contacts of positive patients. Ekta Nagar, Gali Bhai Salo, Gurnam Nagar, Fakir Singh Colony, Azad Nagar, Gali Sita Ram, Lahori Gate, Namak Mandi, Basant Avenue and Gali No.2 on Sultanwind Road have each reported one ILI case.

Besides three contacts of a cop deputed at the Ram Bagh police station, four contacts from Gali Suniara Wali, four contacts from Jaura Fatak, one contact case from the Police Lines and one contact case from Police Colony have been reported.

After two containments zones, the district administration has now declared three more areas as micro containment zones. The areas include Dayanand Nagar (Lawrence Road) with seven positive cases, Medical Enclave with five positive cases and Pandori Mehma village near Mannawala with six cases.

As per the guidelines, any specific area with a village/ward having more than five and up to 14 positive cases and with a population of not more than 500 will be designated as micro containment zone.

Earlier, the district administration had earlier declared two areas with more than 15 cases each as containment zones for the purpose of checking the spread of the virus. Earlier, nine streets of the Gate Khazana area and localities surrounding Bombay Wala Khoo were notified containment zones.