Coronavirus: 14 RPF policemen among Punjab's 31 new cases

Tribune News Service
Jalandhar, May 12

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Fourteen from policemen from the Railway Police Force were among Punjab’s 31 new coronavirus cases, the state’s daily COVID bulletin showed on Tuesday.

Ludhiana (16), Jalandhar (9), Fatehgarh Sahib (8), Patiala (1), Fazilka (1), Amritsar (1) and Kapurthala (1) all reported new cases, the bulletin showed.

Thirty-one new cases would take Punjab’s coronavirus tally to 1,914, of which 89 per cent of the cases—1,711—are still active.

The 14 policemen were among Ludhiana‘s positive cases. The other two who tested positive on Tuesday were pilgrims who returned from a pilgrimage to Hazur Sahib in Maharashtra’s Nanded.

Jalandhar reported nine new coronavirus cases on Tuesday, officials said—a development that takes the district’s COVID-19 tally closer to the 200-mark.

Among Tuesday’s cases in the district, eight were contacts of already diagnosed cases and one was a new case, the bulletin showed.

A five-month-old was among the new cases cases.

Eight people tested positive in Fategarh Sahib—all contacts of previously diagnosed cases. Patiala and Fazilka each reported a new case.

Pilgrims tested positive in Amritsar and Kapurthala.

The district-wise break-up of cases now stands as follows: Amritsar (297), Jalandhar (197),  Tarn Taran (158), Ludhiana (127), Gurdaspur (122), SBS Nagar (103), SAS Nagar (102), Patiala (99), Hoshiarpur (91), Sangrur (88), Muktsar (65), Moga (59), Ropar (56), Fatehgarh Sahib (55), Faridkot (46), Ferozepur (44), Fazilka (4), Bathinda (40), Mansa (32), Pathankot (29), Kapurthala (25), Barnala (21).

Seven districts—Amritsar, Jalandhar, Tarn Taran, Ludhiana, Gurdaspur, SBS Nagar and SAS Nagar—each have over 100 coronavirus cases, and account for over 58 per cent of Punjab’s cases.  

Almost 75 per cent of Punjab’s 1,914 cases were reported in May alone.

Punjab also revised its death toll from COVID-19 to 32 as it added the death of a 91-year-old in Jalandhar to its tally.

Ludhiana and Jalandhar have each reported six deaths. Hoshiarpur (4), Amritsar (3), SAS Nagar (3), Patiala (2), Kapurthala (2), Gurdaspur (1), SBS Nagar (1), Ropar (1), Ferozepur (1), Pathankot (1) and Barnala (1) make up the rest of the count.