Covid-19: 19 succumb, 152 new cases in Amritsar district

Tribune News Service

Amritsar, May 30

With 19 Covid deaths reported in Amritsar district on Sunday, the toll has increased to 1,450. The health authorities reported 152 new cases with which the total count has increased to 44,538.

The new cases include 86 influenza-like illness cases and 66 contacts of positive patients. The health authorities reported recovery of 300 patients with which the recovery count has increased to 39,794. At present, the district has a total of 3,294 active cases.

Those who fell prey to the virus include Kiran Sethi (58) of Batala Road, Santosh Mehra (74) of Green Avenue, Surdeep Singh (42) of Basant Avenue, Manjit Singh (74) of Sudarshan Nagar, Kuldeep Singh (61) of Dharar Village, Baljit Kaur (52) of Baba Bakala, Gurdial Singh (88) of Chheharta, Mangal Singh (65) of Kohali, Niranjan Singh (65) of Dolo Nangal Village, Harpal Kaur (72) of Rajasansi, Pawan Kumar (68) of Ram Nagar, Bhinder Kaur (60) of New Amritsar, Gajadhar (57) of Railway Colony, Jagir Chand (50) of Sultanwind village, Mohinder Pal (50) of Chowk Laxmansar, Lakhbir Singh (75) of Dashmesh Nagar, Vidhya Devi (71) of Tilak Nagar, Krishan Gopal (70) of Mohini Park and Mukhtar Singh (50) Chogawan village.

Meanwhile, 1,877 persons were inoculated on Sunday as part of the ongoing Covid-19 vaccination drive. Health officials said 25,961 healthcare workers (HCWs), 49,369 frontline workers (FLWs), 2,07,887 residents above 45 years and 21,418 residents in the age group of 18-44 years have been partially vaccinated.

2 deaths in Tarn Taran

The district reported 21 positive cases and two deaths due to Covid on Sunday. With this, the death toll has increased to 308. There are 537 active cases in the district, out of which 320 are under home isolation. Deputy Commissioner Kulwant Singh said the teams of the Health Department had collected 808 samples on Sunday and total 2,54,638 samples had been collected so far. As many as 7,440 patients have recovered from the disease so far.