Six more deaths in Punjab, 20 Jalandhar cops +ve

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, June 20

With six more deaths reported today, the count of Covid-19 casualties in the state has reached 98.

Four deaths were reported from Amritsar and one each from Kapurthala and Ludhiana. A 70-year-old female from Dehlon, Ludhiana, who was admitted at Guru Teg Bahadur Charitable Hospital on June 16, died today. She had tested positive for Covid. She had co-morbid conditions including coronary artery disease.

In Amritsar, with the district health authorities reporting more deaths of Covid patients, the toll has reached 31. One of the deceased has been identified as Satpal of the Katra Dullo area in old city.

In Patiala, a 55-year-old patient died at Rajindra Hospital. He belonged to Sangrur district. The patient was suffering from diabetes and hypertension. He was admitted to the hospital on June 15. The spike in Covid-19 cases continued with another 120 cases coming to the fore today. The number of cases in the state has reached 3,952.

As per the media bulletin, 47 cases were reported from Jalandhar, 21 from Amritsar, 14 from Sangrur, 11 from SAS Nagar, seven each from Patiala and Ludhiana, four from Kapurthala, two each from Pathankot, Tarn Taran and Fatehgarh Sahib and one each from Barnala, Mansa and Moga. Jalandhar has reported over 300 cases within two weeks. The new cases include 20 police personnel and 11 migrants who had come from Ghaziabad and Ooty.

In Amritsar, the new patients include three cops. The health authorities revealed that an official at Mohkampura police station, a cop on PCR duty and another posted at the police lines have tested positive.