Eleven deaths, 216 test +ve in Jalandhar

Tribune News Service
Jalandhar, September 5

The district Covid tally has risen to 7,592, with as many as 216 people testing positive in Jalandhar on Saturday. With 11 more deaths, the death toll rose to 199.

A 54-year-old man from Laxmipura; a 65-year-old man from Jalandhar Cantt (who died at Military Hospital); a 68-year-old man from Jalandhar Heights, who died at a private hospital in Jalandhar; a 78-year-old man from New Model House, who died at a private hospital; and a 61-year-old man from Urban Estate, who died at DMC Ludhiana, are among the deceased.

One death, 91 infections in Hoshiarpur

The district reported 91 new cases of Covid-19 on Saturday while one patient died.

Civil Surgeon Dr Jasbir Singh said out of today’s 91 cases, 37 were from Hoshiarpur city, 14 from Tanda, eight from Chakkowal, five each from Harta Badla, Bhunga and Posi, three each from Mand Bhander, Dasuya and the remaining are from different parts of the district. Covid-19 patient Jaspal Kaur, 58, a resident of Bassi Khwaju in Hoshiarpur city, died at the Jalandhar Civil Hospital.

He said the total number of positive patients in the district was 1,950 of which 492 were active cases and 1,401 patients had recovered. Sampling of 1,323 new patients has taken the total number of samples to 64,770 and according to reports received from the lab, 62,004 were negative, while 1,021 reports were awaited, 80 samples invalid and the number of deaths so far was 57.