13 fatalities, 340 fresh cases reported in Amritsar district

Tribune News Service

Amritsar, May 24

With 13 Covid-19 casualties reported in district on Monday, the toll has increased to 1,357. The district health authorities reported 340 new cases with which the total count has increased to 43,174.

DC flags off ‘sanjivani’ for rural areas

Amritsar: The district administration on Monday despatched ‘Sanjivani’— a vehicle containing detailed information regarding the pandemic— to rural areas. Amritsar Deputy Commissioner Gurpreet Singh Khaira flagged off the vehicle, which would travel through 35 villages. He said misunderstanding about Covid-19 has developed among a large number of people in rural areas. He said the vehicle was originally flagged off by Sonu Sood on April 7 to visit the most affected five districts of the country, which were in severe grip of the virus. These districts include Amritsar, Nasik, Guntoor, South Kannad and Indore.

The new cases include 242 influenza-like illness cases and 98 contacts of positive patients. The Health Department has reported recovery of 398 patients with which the recovery count has improved to 37,767. At present, the district has a total of 4,050 active cases.

The deceased have been identified as Champa Rani (50) of Ajnala; Surjit Kaur (65) of Vallah; Nirmal Gulati (73) of Batala Road; Baldev Singh (68) of Malakpur (Ajnala); Nirmal Singh (58) of Jaspal Nagar; Ravi (37) of Ram Tirath Road; Rafal (65) of Anngarh; Neelam (57) of Brahampuri; Sardaro (72) of Khajala (Baba Bakala); Raj Kumar (37) of Ishwar Nagar; Santosh Kumari (71) of Rani ka Bagh; Ravinder Kaur (37) of Jawala Nagar and Varun Chandok (37) of Dayanand Nagar.

Meanwhile, a total of 3,067 residents were administered the shots today. The health authorities said those given the first dose included 58 healthcare workers, 301 frontline workers, 1,212 residents above 45 years, 72 workers registered with the Labour Department, 715 residents with comorbid conditions in the 18-44 years age group and 555 family members of healthcare workers. Those given second dose included 28 healthcare workers, 21 frontline workers and 93 residents above 45 years.

8 succumb to virus, 42 new cases surface in Tarn Taran

The district reported eight more Covid-19 fatalities on Monday, taking the death toll to 289, while 42 persons tested positive for Covid on Monday. The deceased have been identified as Amarjit Singh (60), Jagir Kaur (75), Dalbir Singh (70),Dial Singh (75), Darshan Singh (55), Amarjeet Kaur (50), Barbir Singh (65) and Randhir Singh, all residents of the district. Deputy Commissioner Kulwant Singh said the active cases stood at 653, while 405 patients are isolated at their homes. He said 1,23,499 persons had been vaccinated in the district.

Markfed roped in to speed up oxygen procurement

To supplement the state government’s effort to provide oxygen to Covid-19 patients, Markfed is supplying oxygen through special trains. Gurpreet Singh, General Manager, Markfed, said in order to curtail delivery time of medial oxygen in the state, it was being brought by trains which took hardly one-day. Earlier, it was being transported via trucks which used to take four to five days. He informed that so far the Markfed had paid for 35 metric tonnes of oxygen.