Covid claims four lives, 331 new cases surface in Amritsar

Tribune News Service

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Amritsar, March 30

With four more casualties due to Covid-19 on Tuesday, the toll in the district has increased to 673. The health authorities also reported 331 new cases in the last 24-hours, taking the total count to 20,714.

The deceased have been identified as Madhu (60) from Sandhu Colony, Sheela (57) from Wadala village, Suman (59) of Ajnala and Rajinder Kaur (45) of Baba Bakala. The new cases include 241 influenza-like illness cases and 90 contacts of positive patients.

The officials also reported recovery of 195 patients, with which the count has increased to 17,069. The district at present has a total of 2,972 active cases.

Meanwhile, the district had reported a total of seven deaths and 357 new cases on Monday. The deceased included Vijay Kumari (72) of Ranjit Avenue, Baljinder Singh (61) of Kohali village, Sukhraj Kaur (68) of Airport Road, Sukhwinder Kaur (46) of Majitha Road, Baljinder Ram (50) of Chhehharta, Sucha Singh (55) of Baba Bakala, and Bimla Sharma (80) of Pawan Nagar (Batala Road).

In the ongoing vaccination drive, a total of 3,215 persons received the first dose and 345 got the second dose on Tuesday. The health authorities stated that 269 health workers, 929 frontliners, 651 persons above 45 years and 1,366 persons above 60 years received the first dose on Tuesday.

In district, till date, a total of 84,578 persons have received the first dose and 13,615 have been completely vaccinated.

‘Reconsider Saturdays’ one-hour silence’: Chawla

Citing inconvenience to the general public, former Health Minister and senior BJP leader, Laxmi Kanta Chawla has demanded from the CM to review his decision for weekly one-hour silence on every Saturday in the state. As per the earlier announcement by the CM, one-hour silence would be observed every Saturday in remembrance of those who have succumbed to the Covid. During this time, no vehicles are to ply on roads. She said most of the people who were out on the roads were working people and did not have any information about the government’s programme.