4 die of Covid in Hoshiarpur

Our Correspondent
Hoshiarpur, August 31

With 43 new positive patients, the number of positive patients increased to 1,538 in Hoshiarpur district, while the death toll went up to 45 after the death of four Covid patients on Monday. Civil Surgeon Dr Jasvir Singh said of 43 new cases, 18 were from Hoshiarpur city, one each from Mahilpur, Talwara, Garhshankar, Chakkowal and Posi; two each from Tanda, Depur village, Harta Badla and Bhunga; three from Mukerian; four from Hajipur and five from Dasuya.

Vina Jain (71) of Gautam Nagar, Hoshiarpur, and Santosh Chawla (55) of Hoshiarpur were undergoing treatment at the CMC Ludhiana, where they died. Apart from this, 60-year-old Nishan Singh of Ibrahimpur, Tanda, was admitted to a private hospital in Jalandhar, where he died. Fourth victim Kulwant Kaur (59) of Mission Road, Dasuya, was admitted to the Civil Hospital, where she died.

With 1,120 new samples of persons with suspected flu-like symptoms taken on Monday, the total number of samples taken in the district has increased to 58,672 so far.

According to laboratory reports, 55,938 of them were negative, while 1,223 reports were awaited and 80 samples were invalid. The number of active cases in the district is 416 and 1,077 patients have recovered.