45 new cases in Hoshiarpur dist

Hoshiarpur: Out of 1,285 samples received on Tuesday, 45 new positive cases were reported in the district, taking the tally to 899. Civil Surgeon Dr Jasvir Singh said of the 45 cases reported from Hoshiarpur district, 12 are from Hoshiarpur city’s Dashmesh Nagar, Una Road, Purhiran, Dana Mandi, Shivalik Avenue, Lajwanti Nagar and Gautam Nagar areas. There are 11 cases of Ward Number 9 and 10 of Garhshankar. Apart from this, there are five cases from Paldi block and the remaining are from Tanda, Posi, Mand Pandher and Chakkowal blocks.

Dr Singh said total 43,422 samples have been taken in the district so far as per the reports received from the laboratory, of which 39,406 samples are negative, while 3,141 reports were still awaited. As many as 61 samples have been found invalid. The number of active cases in the district is 173 and 701 patients have been cured.