Relief as Punjab sees drop in new cases

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, May 13

After a continuous spike in cases for almost 10 days, the Covid-19 situation once again seems to be coming under control in the state.

On Wednesday, only 10 new cases were reported and the total count reached 1,924. Notably, 37 new cases were reported on Tuesday.

As per a media bulletin, Ludhiana district recorded five fresh cases, followed

by Ropar with two

cases, and Jalandhar, Kapurthala and Hoshiarpur with one case each.

In the last one week, 398 cases have been reported in the state. For almost a month, the situation in the state looked under control till April 26. However, after the arrival of over 4,000 pilgrims from Hazoor Sahib in Nanded, the situation started changing.

Before April 26, the total number of cases in the state was just around 300. However, in less than three weeks, it swelled more than six times. Now again, the situation seems to be coming under control. As for the past week, the cases have been continuously declining. In Ludhiana, five more workers of a leading tyre company tested positive for Covid-19, bringing the tally to 141 in the district. The report of these patients came

from DMCH early today.

In Ropar, a 22-year-old youth, who reached Punjab from Kanpur on foot, also tested positive. A few days ago, the patient was brought to the flu corner by his father at Civil Hospital. With this, the total number of active Covid cases has touched 57 in the district. Besides, another case was reported in Jalandhar today, taking the tally in the district to 198. The latest case was a 66-year-old from Basti Shiekh. In Kapurthala, a 14-year-old returnee from Hazoor Sahib, tested positive. Staying on the PTU campus, the patient hails from Narangpur village in Bholath. So far, samples of 46,026 suspected cases were sent for testing. Of these, 40,637 samples were found negative and reports of 3,465 are still awaited.