Covid-19: 8 deaths, 334 new cases in Jalandhar district

Tribune News Service

Jalandhar, May 24

The district reported eight more Covid-19 fatalities on Monday, taking the death toll to 1,314, while 334 new cases pushed the infection tally to 5,7624. Of 334 tested positive on Monday, 30 were from other districts. As many as 51,823 people have recovered from Covid in the district while the number of active cases in Jalandhar is 4,487.

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In Kapurthala, 78 people tested positive for Covid on Monday, taking the infection tally to 15,963, while six persons lost their lives on Monday. The deceased include a 60-year old woman from Phagwara, a 71-year-old woman from Bhanoki village, a 74-year-old woman from Mohablipur village, a 33-year-old man from Phagwara and a 80-year-old man from Bhagwanpur.

3 die, 47 ve in Nawanshahr

The district reported three more Covid-19 fatalities on Monday, taking the death toll to 312, while 47 persons tested positive for Covid on Monday. The death rate in the district now stands at 2.89 per cent. Those who lost their lives were a 47-year-old man from Mukandpur block, a 77-year-old woman from Balachaur block and a 55-year-old woman from Mukandpur. The active cases now stand at 721 (704 from Nawanshahr and 17 out of district), and the total number of positive cases till date stand at 10,782. As many as 632 patients are home isolated and the recovery rate in the district is 90.57 per cent.