13 more cases in Jalandhar, tally 342

Tribune News Service

Jalandhar, June 14

With 13 more patients testing positive in Jalandhar on Sunday, the district tally has reached 342. With one death, the number of deaths has risen to 12.

Report of a patient, who died on June 11, was received on Sunday. The 38-year-old, a resident of Kot Sadiq, is the second person in his 30s to die in the district. The first was a 30-year-old patient with chronic kidney disease who died in Ludhiana. Others who tested positive include three patients from Nijatam Nagar, two from Friends Colony and one from new Jawahar Nagar.

Migrant labourer among 2 found positive in Hoshiarpur

Hoshiarpur: Two persons were found Covid positive in the district on Sunday. One of them is a migrant labourers from Bihar who worked with Sarabjit Singh, a farmer of Garhshankar’s Moranwali village.

Sarabjit Singh said on June 10, a bus had brought 30 labourers from Bihar. They were divided into five to six groups and were living in the village.

The second patient was a resident of Mohalla Kainthan in ward number 11 of Dasuya town. SMO Dr SP Singh said the patient had gone to Civil Hospital, Dasuya, on June 11 due to breathing problem and was referred to the Hoshiarpur Civil Hospital. Later, he was referred to SGL Hospital, Jalandhar, where he was found positive on Sunday.

Delhi man tests +ve

Phagwara: A 34-year-old man was tested positive for Covid-19 in the Bhagatpura locality here on Saturday. Senior Medical Officer, Phagwara, Dr Kamal Kishore, said the man was a resident of Delhi and had come here to meet his in-laws on June 11. Five other members of the family have, however, tested negative. Dr Kishore said the entire locality had been sealed and the man had been shifted to the Covid centre at Meritorious School, Jalandhar. — OC