Dist reports 9 deaths, 133 covid cases

Amritsar: With nine more deaths on Monday, the district toll increased to 1,499. The health authorities have also reported 133 new cases, with which the tally increased to 45,569. The new cases include 82 influenza-like illness cases and 51 contacts of positive patients. The health authorities have also reported the recovery of 192 patients, with which the recovery count increased to 42,077. The district at present has a total of 1,993 active cases. The deceased have been identified as Bakhshish Singh (85) of Chawinda; Shashi (61) of Majitha Road; Baldev Singh (74) of Rambagh; Pritam Singh (56) of Nijjarpura; Rohit (38) of Bhalla Colony; Om Parkash (82) of Guru Nagar (Railway Link Road); Tarsam Singh (44) of Indira Colony; Jaswinder Kaur (69) of Kot Khalsa and Supinder Kaur (52) of Darshan Singh Avenue. TNSOne dies, 21 ve in Tarn Taran A person succumbed to the virus in the district on Monday, taking the toll to 330 in the district. The Health Department teams collected 1,188 samples on Monday. With 21 positive cases, the number of active cases reached 350. As many as 192 of the active cases have been isolated at their respective homes. Meanwhile, 2,347 citizens were vaccinated on Monday, taking the total number of persons to receive the jab to 1,41,670. OC