COVID-19: 30 fresh cases reported; state count rises to 2,263

Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, May 31

With another death due to COVID-19 in Pathankot, the total number of casualties in the state has reached 45.

Apart from that, one person in Ludhiana is critical and is on ventilator support system and two are on oxygen support.

As per the district health officials, the latest victim is a 50-year-old man. 

He hailed from Mirpur colony, Pathankot. He came to the Pathankot civil hospital with some respiratory problems. “

He was also a diabetic. Since he was carrying symptoms of COVID-19, we took his samples and asked him to home quarantine himself. His test turned out to be positive,” said Pathankot  Senior Medical Officer Dr Bhupinder Singh.

Apart from that, 30 fresh cases were reported today and state’s count has now reached 2,263.

As per the media bulletin, among districts, 9 cases were reported from Ludhiana, 8 from Ropar, four each from Jalandhar and Hoshiarpur, three from Amritsar and one each from Moga and Barnala.

In Ludhiana, 9 more were tested positive. Seven are the family members of the COVID positive patient who died yesterday at DMCH while two are under-trials.

A 53-year-old-patient from Chowni Mohalla lost his life yesterday at DMCH.

He was shifted from Deep Hospital in a serious condition with high fever and urinary tract infection. He was diabetic from last 4-5 years. Samples of 9 of the family members were taken out of which 7 have tested positive and all are admitted at MCH, Vardhman.

In addition to this, two more tested positive for COVID-19 today and both of them are under trials.  One 34-year-old is from Ludhiana and was booked for attempt-to-murder.

Other one is 18-year-old and is from Gurdaspur and he was also booked for murder. Both of them were in Borstal jail which is a COVID special quarantine jail for the entire state. 

In Jalandhar, four new cases were reported. Of these the three cases include a mother (38-year-old) and son (15-year-old) – Dalla village residents—contacts of a man who had previously tested positive.

The third person is a 24-year-old resident of Boparai village in Jalandhar. Besides that a 51-year-old man – contact of a Lajpat Nagar industrialist who previously tested positive—and a 47-year-old BSF personnel tested positive.

The BSF man who had returned from Delhi – where he had been in 14-day quarantine – tested positive after he was tested at the flu corner on his return to Jalandhar. 

In Amritsar three new cases were reported today. The district health authorities said two of the new positive cases are residents of Mehta village who had returned from UK recently.

While one other patient with influenza like illness from Park Avenue area had self reported. Meanwhile the health department has reported three recoveries today with which the total count of cured patients has reached 310. The district presently has 75 active cases.

After remaining corona-free for 10 days, Fazilka reported two fresh cases.

The health department source said one person returned from Sonepat in Haryana some four days ago has been tested Covid positive. He was home quarantined at his residence in local Badal colony.

He has been rushed to isolation centre set up in Jalalabad civil hospital. The police have cordoned off the area around the residence of the affected person.

Another person stated to be from security force has been kept in isolation centre as per force’s protocol. He had also come from Haryana.

Total tested samples 87,852

Positive cases: 2,263

Cured: 1,987

Deaths: 45

                                    Cases                         Confirmed Deaths       

Amritsar                        377                                     7

 

Jalandhar                      245                                     7

 

Ludhiana                       193                                     9

 

Tarn Taran                    157

 

Gurdaspur                    137                                     3     

 

Hoshiarpur                   120                                      5

 

Patiala                           118                                     2

 

SAS Nagar                     111                                     3

 

SBS Nagar                    102                                       1

 

Sangrur                          96

 

Ropar                            70                                         1

 

Muktsar                       66

 

Faridkot                        62

 

Moga                            62

 

Pathankot                   60                               2

 

Fatehgarh Sahib          58

 

Bathinda                    47

 

Ferozepur                    46                               1      

 

Fazilka                     44 

 

Kapurthala                   36                               3

 

Mansa                           32

 

Barnala                         24                               1     

 

Total                    2263                                   45