Coronavirus: 16 of family test positive in Karnal; district tally rises to 741

Parveen Arora
Tribune News Service
Karnal, July 22 

In the highest single-day spike in Covid-19 cases in Karnal, the district on Wednesday recorded 45 new cases, which took the tally of cases to 741.

The number of active cases in the district stands at 219, while 512 people have been cured. The district has reported 10 deaths due to the contagion.

Sixteen members of a family are among the new cases. They are related to a 60-year-old man, of Sector-7, who had succumbed to the disease two days ago.

Others who tested positive on Wednesday are: seven persons from Sector-6, three from Lal Kuan, two each from Ras Residency, Kalandari Gate, one each from Civil Lines Police Station, New Police Lines, Indri Police Station, District Jail, City Police Station, Raipur Roran, Jyoti Nagar, LIC Colony, CIA-2, Poultry Area Nilokheri, RK Puram, a factory near ITI Chowk, Ram Nagar, Shiv Colony, CHD City.