11 BSF jawans among 12 new positive

Hoshiarpur, July 18

The number of Covid-19 victims increased by 12 in the district on Saturday. Civil Surgeon Dr Jasvir Singh said the reports of 697 samples were received on Saturday from VDRL Lab, Amritsar, of which 12 Covid-19 positive cases were reported. With this, the total positive cases in the district have increased to 266. Of the 12 positive cases found on Saturday, 11 are BSF personnel from Sub Training Centre, Kharakn Camp, while one case is from Saila Khurd area under PHC Posi.

So far, 21,231 samples of Covid-19 suspects have been collected in the district, of which 19,580 have been negative and the reports of 1,378 samples are awaited, while 30 samples have been found invalid. So far, eight Covid-19 victims have died in the district and it now has 68 active cases, while 189 people have been cured of the coronavirus. –OC