12 fresh cases take district's tally to 527

Strap: Netizens flood social media with demand for complete curfew to check spread

Tribune News Service

Amritsar, June 10

The district today reported 12 fresh cases, taking the Covid tally to 527.

Of the new cases, six were reported from Bombay Wala Khoo, Maan Singh Gate, Katra Khazana, Katra Charat Singh, Lawrence Road and Chuchak village in the Lopoke block. Five others — three from Garden Enclave and two from the Mohini park area, are contacts of two positive cases. A resident of Khasa, who returned from Mumbai recently, has also tested positive.

With a continuous rise in positive cases in the district, various social media platforms are flooded with demand for a complete curfew in the city to tackle the situation.

Meanwhile, a family from the Rani Ka Bagh area today accused a private lab of issuing a false positive Covid report of a nine-month expectant mother.

The family later approached Medical Education and Research Minister OP Soni. A retest conducted at the Government Medical College lab came as negative, said family head Raj Kumar.

He said based on the information provided to the government, a rapid response team along with the police reached their home and shifted the woman to the hospital despite the fact that her delivery was expected anytime.