60-year-old is Amritsar’s 63rd casualty

Tribune News Service

Amritsar, July 19

With the death of a 60-year-old man, the toll due to Covid-19 in the district reached 63 on Sunday. The deceased, identified as Sukhdev Singh of Sham Nagar in Majitha, was also suffering from diabetes and cancer. He passed away on his way to Sri Guru Ram Das Hospital and tested for Covid-19 posthumously.

The district also reported 28 new positive cases in the past 24 hours. The new patients include 16 persons with influenza like illness (ILI) and 12 contacts of Covid patients. The count of Covid cases in the district reached 1,272 on Sunday. The number of active cases is 221.

The ILI cases include five staffers of a private hospital and one case each from Shappea Wali village, Hathi Gate (Katra Moti Ram), Sadar Bazaar (Cantonment) Jandiala Guru, New Partap Nagar, Partap Nagar, Lahori Gate, Sham Nagar (Majitha), Sultanwind village and Beas.

According to the authorities, 10 contact cases from a private hospital in Beas and one each from Chheharta and Sunder Nagar were reported.

A total of 13 patients have been discharged after recovery since Saturday evening. The district has reported 988 recoveries and 63 deaths from the disease.

Meanwhile, Cabinet minister Om Parkash Soni has asked village panchayats to join the fight against Covid-19 by creating awareness among villagers.