Virus spread continues, 15 more cases in district

Manmeet Singh Gill

Tribune News Service

Amritsar, June 7

The number of Covid-19 cases in the district continues to rise as the district reported 15 new cases on Sunday.

In the fresh spike of cases that started on Thursday, the district has reported a total of 78 cases. The total number of cases in the district is 483. Of new cases reported on Sunday, 10 were suffering from influenza-like illness (ILI) who either reported at Flu Corners at hospitals or were identified by teams of the Health Department.

One case each was reported from Mohini Park, Fateh Singh Colony, Rani Ka Bagh, Dsonda Singh Road, Loharka, Krishna Nagar, Bhau Sant Singh Nagar and New Partap Nagar in the city and Gopalpura Manjhwind and Kathunangal villages. Apart from them, four contacts of a male patient from Fullanwala Chowk have also tested positive. An asymptomatic case has also been detected from Kangra Colony.

Meanwhile, two more persons have been discharged after recovery. With this the count of cured patients in district has increased to 346. Civil Surgeon Jugal Kishore said 129 active patients are admitted at hospitals.

Meanwhile, in a bizarre incident, an unidentified teenager dressed as Nihang stole mobile phones from two patients at Government Medical College on Saturday night. He was seen entering the Corona ward in a footage of CCTV camera installed at the corridor.

The patients — a doctor and his wife — were sleeping when the thief entered the room at around 1:30 am. According to sources at the hospital, a gold ring of a patient who had died was found stolen a few days ago. The incidents have raised questions on the security arrangements at the facility.