Punjab coronavirus death toll 5, case count reaches 47

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, April 2

With the death of Padma Shri former ‘hazoori ragi’ of Golden Temple, Nirmal Singh Khalsa, total number of casualties due to deadly coronavirus has reached five in Punjab.

Khalsa, who tested positive for coronavirus yesterday, died of sudden cardiac arrest at Government Medical College Amritsar early today morning. The officials of health department stated that he was put on ventilator last night.

Meanwhile, the GMC test reports have cleared that six out of nine persons — family and members of a jatha, the immediate contacts of Nirmal Singh have tested negative for coronavirus. However, they would be kept under observation.

The administration has also sealed Shaheed Udham Singh Nagar and Tej chowk areas in Sultanwind area in which Khalsa resided. The health department has also home quarantined four doctors who attended to Khalsa while reports were awaited.

A case has been reported from Hoshiarpur district. The patient has a family history of foreign travel. A 58-year old male who is resident of Pansara village of Hoshiarpur district has been shifted to Government Medical College, Amritsar. According to hospital officials, he suffers from diabetes and his condition is critical.

With this fresh case, the total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases has reached 47 in the state.

As per the state health department, samples of total 1,434 suspected cases were sent for testing out of which 1,236 were found negative and reports of 151 were still awaited. Total 47 have been found positive from seven districts.  

This includes 19 cases from SBS Nagar, 10 from Mohali, seven cases from Hoshiarpur, five from Jalandhar and three from Ludhiana, two from Amritsar and one from Patiala.  No confirmed case has been reported from rest of the 15 districts.

District-wise cases

SBS Nagar                  19

SAS Nagar                  10

Hoshiarpur                  7

Jalandhar                    5

Ludhiana                     3

Amritsar                     2

Patiala                         1

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