Amritsar district sees 7 deaths, 73 new Covid-19 cases

Tribune News Service

Amritsar, August 26

The district recorded seven more Covid-19 deaths on Wednesday, taking the toll to 142. It is the highest single-day number of deaths reported in the district due to the disease. The district health authorities also reported 73 new positive cases, taking the total count to 3,537.

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The deceased have been identified as Hans Raj, a 65-year-old resident of Fairland Colony; Saroj, a 61-year-old resident of Tilak Nagar; Amarpal Singh, a 65-year-old resident of Fatahpur village on Chabal Road; Sonia Rani, a 75-year-old resident of Verka; Gurmail Singh, a 65-year-old resident of Indira Colony; Mohinder Singh, a 69-year-old admitted to Ivy Hospital and Sukhdev Singh, a 66-year-old resident of Chohan village.

Of the 73 new cases, 40 are persons with symptoms of influenza-like illness (ILI) while 33 are contacts of positive patients. Of the ILI cases, one each case was reported from Luxmi Vihar, Kohala village, Palm Vihar, D-Block Ranjit Avenue, Chachowali village, Nag Khurd village, Mugosohi village, Kaironangal village, Sardar Avenue, Indira Colony, Tunda Talab, Devi Nagar, Bagh Ramanand, Suraj Enclave, Putlighar, Shubham Enclave, Basant Nagar, Hathi Gate, Adarsh Nagar (Islamabad), Nag Kalan village, Professor Colony, Shiv Nagar Colony, Focal Point, Batala Road, Preet Nagar, Laxmansar Chowk, New Mohini Park, Mirabi Wali Gali, Gol Bagh, Begewal village, Kartar Nagar, Fairland Colony, Shivala Colony, Fatahpur village, Military Hospital and Chohan village.

Of the contact cases, four are from Civil Hospital; three each from Jujhar Singh Avenue and Friends Avenue (Plah Sahib Road); two each from Basant Avenue, Gharinda Police Station, Verka, Military Hospital, Darshan Avenue, Rose Avenue, Varindavan Garden, Aman Avenue; and one each from Ganda Singh Colony, Kot Khalsa, Haripura, Prem Nagar, BSF battalion posted at Ajnala, Basant Avenue and B-Block Ranjit Avenue.

With as many as 2,738 patients recovering from the disease, the district at present has 657 active cases.

Patti Civil Hospital SMO tests ve for virus

Tarn Taran: Patti Civil Hospital SMO Dr Bir Inder Kaur testes positive on Wednesday. Earlier, the tests of two Asha workers, one medical officer, an ambulance driver and a lab technician were also found positive. Dr Anoop Kumar, Civil Surgeon, said the hospital authorities received reports of 691 samples on Wednesday, of them 26 were tested positive.