Punjab reports 10 new coronavirus cases, state tally now 1,924

Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, May 13

Punjab reported 10 new COVID-19 infections, taking the state’s tally to 1,924.

The new cases came from Ludhiana (5), Ropar (2), Kapurthala (1), Jalandhar (1) and Hoshiarpur (1).

All of Ludhiana’s cases were contacts of already diagnosed cases.

Ropar and Kapurthala both had pilgrims who recently returned from Hazur Sahib in Maharashtra’s Nanded test positive. Ropar’s second case was a person that the state’s COVID bulletin categorised as ILI—an acronym that stands for influenza-like illnesses, meaning that the person tested positive after he showed signs of flu-like symptoms.

In Kapurthala, 14-year-old boy who returned from the pilgrimage tested positive, officials said.

The bulletin categorises Jalandhar’s case as SARI—severe acute respiratory infection.

The bulletin said Hoshiarpur reported one case that it categorised as a new case.

However, a second case was reported from the district later in the evening, although this has yet to be added to the states tally—one of three pilgrims from Khuralgarh Sahib in Hoshiarpur’s Garhshankar tested positive.

All three returned from Nanded two days ago and have been quarantined in the village dispensary.

The development would make the district tally 93, but the official tally still stands at 92.

Punjab’s death tally stands at 32.

Seven districts—Amritsar, Jalandhar, Tarn Taran, Ludhiana, Gurdaspur, SBS Nagar and SBS Nagar—account for over 58 per cent of Punjab’s 1,924 cases.