14th Covid death in Jalandhar, four cops test positive

Tribune News Service

Jalandhar, June 18

With the death of a 30-year-old woman, the number of Covid casualties in the district has risen to 14. The count of positive cases has reached 418.

This is the third person in the age group of 30s to die of Covid in the district. A 30-year-old man died on May 6 and a 38-year-old woman died on June 11. The case of the woman who died today was reported at the Civil Hospital in Jalandhar. She was a resident of Pachranga (Bhogpur). A diabetic and a patient of chronic kidney disease, she had been admitted to the hospital on June 11 and her sample tested positive on June 16. She died in the wee hours of this morning. The victim was on a ventilator.

Four persons, all police personnel, tested positive in the district today. While they are confirmed to be members of the CIA staff, one of them is a resident of Chugitti.

Meanwhile, two persons tested positive in Kapurthala today. One of them is a resident of Jalandhar. They include a 35-year-old man, who came from Maharashtra and resides at Chakoki village in Kapurthala, and a 32-year-old woman from Gona Chak village in Jalandhar. Her sample was taken at the CHC, Kala Sanghian.

Migrant woman among two new cases in Hoshiarpur

Hoshiarpur: Reports of 885 samples have been received on Thursday in the district, of which two persons have tested positive. These cases are from Hoshiarpur city and Hajipur. A migrant woman found positive in Tagore Nagar here is from Allahabad while the Hajipur woman has returned from Delhi.

Civil Surgeon Jasvir Singh said 8,921 samples had been taken so far in the district. As many as 476 new samples were collected on Thursday.

He said of the 8,921 samples taken so far, 7,266 tested negative and reports of 1,484 samples were awaited. The total positive cases in the district had reached 151, of which 14 were active and five patients have died.

Deputy Commissioner Apneet Riyait said so far, 132 Covid patients had been recovered in the district. — OC

Phillaur ASI infected

Phillaur: An assistant sub-inspector (ASI), posted at the Phillaur police station, tested positive for coronavirus on Tuesday. Senior Medical Officer Amandip Singh, Primary Health Centre, Shahkot, said the ASI, a resident of Thamuwal village, had been shifted to the Jalandhar Civil Hospital after he tested positive for Covid. The SMO said he was tested at Dosanjh Kalan recently, adding that his family members had been home quarantined. The policeman was transferred from Shahkot two weeks ago. OC