Migrant woman among two new cases

Our Correspondent

Hoshiarpur, June 18

Reports of 885 samples have been received on Thursday in the district, of which two persons have tested positive.

These cases are from Hoshiarpur city and Hajipur. A migrant woman found positive in Tagore Nagar here is from Allahabad while the Hajipur woman has returned from Delhi.

Civil Surgeon Jasvir Singh said 8,921 samples had been taken so far in the district. As many as 476 new samples were collected on Thursday.

He said of the 8,921 samples taken so far, 7,266 tested negative and reports of 1,484 samples were awaited. The total positive cases in the district had reached 151, of which 14 were active and five patients have died.

Deputy Commissioner Apneet Riyait said so far, 132 Covid patients had been recovered in the district. Persons quarantined were also made to download and install the Cova app so that they could get information related to Covid-19.