Four succumb, 93 fresh cases reported in Amritsar district

Tribune News Service

Amritsar, October 8

With four more deaths reported in Amritsar district due to the Covid-19 outbreak, the toll reached 404 on Thursday.

The deceased have been identified as Harbhajan Singh Gill, a 72-year-old resident of Dudhala village, Vijay Kumar, a 74-year-old resident of Green Field (Majitha road), Sukhwant Kaur, a 48-year-old resident of Aman Avenue, and Gursharan Singh, a 73-year-old resident of holy city.

The district health authorities also reported 93 new positive cases with which the count has increased to 10,928. The new cases include 42 influenza like illness (ILI) cases and 61 were contacts of positive patients.

With recovery of 152 more patients, the total recovery count has reached 9,596. At present, the district has a total of 928 active cases.