2 cops, 1 NRI among five new +ve cases in Hoshiarpur

Our Correspondent

Hoshiarpur, July 15

The number of patients affected by the coronavirus in the district has increased to 215 with the arrival of five new positive cases in the district.

Among the new patients are two policemen and a person who returned from abroad.

Civil Surgeon Dr Jasvir Singh said 31-year-old woman of Seehwan village and a 32-year-old NRI of the area under PHC Hajipur have been found positive. Also, two policemen and a person from the area under PHC Chakkowal have been found positive. He said 588 new samples of people with suspected flu-like symptoms were taken on Wednesday. Five persons were reported positive out of the 551 reports received from the lab today. Dr Singh said total 19085 samples have been taken so far and according to the reports received from the lab, 17,702 samples have been reported negative, while the reports of 1,160 samples are still awaited. As many as 30 samples have been found invalid, 183 patients have cured, while active patients are 24.