663 fresh cases, 9 deaths in dist

Tribune News Service

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Jalandhar, May 18

The coronavirus infections continue to rise in the district. As many as 663 people tested positive on Wednesday. Among these, 44 are from other districts. With this, the infection tally has reached 54,871.

In addition, nine more people succumbed today. The death toll is now 1,261. In the last 18 days as many as 173 Covid patients lost their lives. However, the caseload of active cases has slightly lowered to 5,387 from 5,400. As part of the intensified RT-PCR testing drive, as many as 10,01,796 samples have been collected from the district, out of which 54,871 people have tested positive. The maximum number of cases has been reported this year only.

7 die in Kapurthala

Kapurthala: The tally of positive cases in Kapurthala again jumped on Tuesday with 302 people testing positive against only 38 yesterday. The positivity-rate also jumped from just 1 per cent yesterday to a high of 13.95 per cent today. The health authorities reported seven casualties. Those who lost their lives were aged 24 to 87 years.

While two of the victims were admitted at Jalandhar hospitals, the other five who succumbed were taking treatment from Amritsar. The total positive cases have touched 15,262. The total deaths reported so far are 411. After the discharge of 180 patients, the number of active cases in the district stood at 1,494.

Covid Round Up

New Cases- 663

New Deaths- 09

Total Deaths- 1,261

Total Cases- 54,871

Active Cases- 5,387

Discharged- 48223

Sampe collected- 10,01,796

Total Negative- 888924