Jalandhar district reports 470 fresh cases

Tribune News Service

Jalandhar, January 13

As many as 470 new cases of Covid were reported from Jalandhar on Thursday. With this, the Covid tally in the district has reached 66,839 cases.

Sainik School declared containment zone

Kapurthala: Sainik School, Kapurthala, was declared a containment zone as there are 23 active cases here. Kapurthala DC Deepti Uppal ordered the school being declared a containment zone after a spate of cases from there. Notably, this is the second school in Kapurthala to be formally declared a containment zone. Before this, the Army Public School, Dhilwan, has also been declared a containment zone after over 40 cases were reported from there. However, the Dhilwan school is no more containment zone as cases after completion of mandatory quarantine period.

Hoshiarpur district reports 115 new cases, 1 death

Hoshiarpur: As many as 115 new cases of Covid-19 were reported from Hoshiarpur on Thursday, taking the total number of cases to 32,551. The number of active cases in the district now stands at 1,410. The death of a 73-year-old male resident of Tanda block was also reported today, taking the death toll to 1,003. OC

As many as 62,914 people have recovered from Covid in the district while the number of active cases have reached 2,421 today.

The deceased tally in Jalandhar remained at 1,504. Of the 19,32,129 samples collected in the district, so far, 17,88, 126 samples have tested negative.

195 cases reported in Kapurthala

As many as 195 new cases of Covid were reported from the district today, taking the district tally to 18,753 cases.

Those tested positive include residents of Kapurthala, Phagwara, Begowal among other places. Meanwhile, no new death was reported in Kapurthala today. The total deceased tally remains at 556.

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