One death, 58 infections reported in Hoshiarpur

Hoshiarpur: With the arrival of 58 new Covid cases in the district, the total number of patients has risen to 1,807 while one patient died at the Jalandhar Hospital. Civil Surgeon Dr Jasvir Singh said among today’s 58 cases, 15 are from Hoshiarpur city, two from Bhunga, three from Harta Badla, 12 from Dasuya, five from Garhshankar, three from Mand Bhander, one from Tanda, two from Hajipur, four from Budhawar, three cases from Chakkowal and eight from Posi have been found positive. Apart from this, a Covid-19 patient Jasbir Kaur (55), a resident of Prempur, Tanda, was undergoing treatment at the Civil Hospital, Jalandhar, where she died. Today, 1,220 new samples of people with suspected flu-like symptoms were also collected in the district, taking the total number of samples in the district to 62,236. So far, the total number of positive patients is 1,807 and 59,126 samples are negative, while 1,486 reports are awaited, 80 samples are invalid and the number of deaths so far is 53. The number of active cases in the district is 446, and 1,308 patients have cured. OC