9 lose Covid battle, 355 new infections in Jalandhar

Tribune News Service
Jalandhar, September 17

The district reported a record 355 cases of Covid-19, taking the tally to 10,664 on Thursday. Besides, with nine more deaths, the toll has climbed to 290.

On an average 16 people are dying of the Covid-19 pandemic in Jalandhar every day in September and an average 218 people have been found positive in the month of September so far. From September 1 until now, 3,719 fresh cases and 113 deaths have been reported.

On September 1, the number of cases in Jalandhar was 6,945 and that of deceased 177. But the Covid tally rose to 10,664 and that of deceased to 290 on Thursday. An average of 16 people have died of Covid-19 in Jalandhar every day in September and an average 218 people have tested positive in the month of September.

Dr TP Singh, Nodal Officer, Jalandhar, said, “There has been a general hike in the number of cases this month. However, the rise in the number of deaths is mostly due to delayed reportage and many due to co-morbidities. We are successfully conducting contact tracing of 50 to 60 per cent of contacts of positive persons with focus on the co-morbid people also. Increased testing also results in increased reportage of cases. All these factors contribute to increased reportage of cases in Jalandhar.”

Meanwhile, one person died of Covid-19 and 118 people tested positive in Kapurthala on Thursday. The deceased has been identified as a 57-year-old man of Nadala village. He died at the isolation ward in Kapurthala. The death toll has now eeached 110 in the district.

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