1 dies, 35 test +ve in Hoshiarpur district

Our Correspondent
Hoshiarpur, August 24

The reports of 1,433 samples were received in the district on Monday, out of which 35 patients tested positive for Covid-19, taking the total number of positive patients to 1,084.

The death of a patient suffering from the coronavirus on Monday took the toll to 30. Civil Surgeon Dr Jasvir Singh said 35 cases have come from Hoshiarpur district, of which four are from Hoshiarpur city’s Basant Vihar, Narad Hospital, Guru Gobind Singh Nagar and New Fatehgarh. Apart from this, two are from Dasuya, three from Mukerian, seven from Garhshankar, three from Chakkowal, three from Sikri, one from Tanda, six from Jhingar Kalan, one from Mehtabpur, one from Baghiadi, one from Bhawanipur and three from Saila Khurd. While the deceased, identified as Gorasia resident Harjinder Singh (45) was already admitted to Ludhiana hospital for some other disease, it was only after his death that he was found to be corona positive.

The total number of samples taken in the district has reached 51,058 and according to the reports received from the lab, 46,745 were negative, 76 invalid and 3,246 reports were still awaited. The number of active cases in the district is 187 and 867 patients have recovered.