Karnal reports 37 COVID-19 cases

Tribune News Service
Karnal, July 21

Karnal reports 37 fresh COVID-19 cases on Tuesday morning.

However, four infections are recorded of other districts, which will be added to those. While the remaining 33 infections will be added to Karnal’s account, said the sources in the Health Department.

As per information, around 17 police personnel of CIA-1, CIA-2, and Police Lines are among the positive cases.

Besides, fiver members of a family— a 50-year-old woman, a 20-year-old male, a 5 five-year-old girl and a 25-year-old woman—of Karan Vihar, who are contacts of Nigdhu police station, have tested positive.

Apart from them, two people—a 33-yea-old man and a 58-year-old man—of Gurdwara Manji Sahib, a 28-year-old man of Sitamai, a 24-year-old man of Shanti Nagar, a 31-year-old man of New Prem Nagar, a 37-year-old man of Ghoghripur, a 25-year-old man of Ram Nagar, a 45-year-old man of Karan Vihar, a 58-year-old man of Dera Jundla, a 42-year-old man of RK Puram and a 29-year woman of Sector-6 are among the positive cases.

A 29-year-old woman and an 11-year-old boy of Panipat, a 30-year-old man of Haripura in Kaithal district and a 40-year-old man of Kurukshetra are also positive cases, but they belong to other districts.

So far, 26 police personnel have tested positive.

Earlier, six police personnel including SHO of Nigdhu Police Station have tested positive, prompting the Superintendent of Police, Surinder Singh Bhoria to close the Nigdhu Police Station for 48-hours. 

A makeshift police station has been developed in the government school, while the whole proceedings of the police station are being done from Butana Police Station and Sitamai police post. 

Karnal registered 10 fatalities.

With the new cases, the number of positive cases crossed the figure of 690. Of them, 500 have been discharged.