Covid claims 67-yr-old’s life in Amritsar
District administration notifies three micro-containment zones
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Tribune News Service
Amritsar, July 30
With the death of a 67-year-old city resident due to Covid-19, the district death toll increased to 74 on Thursday. The health authorities also reported 67 new cases, which took the number of cases to 1,788. The district had 448 active cases on Thursday.
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Samples of DCP’s staff taken
- After the Deputy Commissioner of Police (Law and Order), Jagmohan Singh, tested positive for Covid-19, the authorities have started taking samples of cops deputed at the office of the DCP. According to sources, samples of the security staff and reader staff, who visited the DCP’s office on a regular basis, were taken on Thursday.
- The DCP had been playing an important role in providing relief to the poor during the lockdown. His office also houses offices of the arms licensing branch, passport verification office, RTI branch, office of the ACP (licensing) and miscellaneous branch.
- A total of 70 cops of the city police have been found infected with Covid so far. Those who were asymptomatic were advised home isolation while those having influenza-like illness have been quarantined.
The deceased has been identified as Prem Kumar, a resident of Aakash Avenue in Kot Khalsa. The patient was being treated at the EMC hospital. Of the new cases, 42 were persons with influenza-like illness (ILI) and 25 are contacts of Covid patients. The Ramanand Bagh area of the city has emerged as new hotspot of Covid-19 cases, with 12 contact cases being reported from there. Two contact cases each were reported from the SBI branch at Manawala, CIA staff, Sundar Nagar, Khandwala (Chehartta) and Guru Nagar (Verka). Three contact cases were reported from Majitha.
One ILI case each was reported from Green Avenue, Daal Mandi, Albert Road, Indira Colony, Varindavan Garden (Batala Road), Kacheri Road, Islamabad, Sohian Kalan, Friends Avenue (Pallah Sahib Road), Ganda Singh Colony, Fatehpur, Narangpur Butala, New Azad Nagar, Ajit Nagar, Kesari Bagh, Tej Nagar, Friends Avenue, Noneke Sidhar, Khasa Cantonment, Ranjit Avenue, Shastri Nagar, Jandiala Guru, Jasso Nangal, Uttam Nagar (Tarn Taran Road), Boparai, Hussainpura, Kale Village (Chehartta), Railways workshop, Jagdambey Colony, Pawan Nagar, Jandiala, Sundar Nagar, Green Field, office of the Commissioner of Police and Guru Amardass Avenue. Two cases each were reported from Guru Harkrishan Avenue and Guru Arjun Dev Nagar and three were reported from Mehta.
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With 29 more recoveries reported in the past 24-hours, a total of 1,256 patients have defeated the virus. The spread of the virus is accelerating with 214 new cases being reported in the past three days. The district administration has notified three micro-containment zones, namely Shastri Nagar, Shareefpura and Kot Khalsa.
Bagh Ramanand could also be notified as a containment zone soon, said an official.
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