Jalandhar district reports 2 more Covid fatalities, 77 new cases

Tribune News Service

Jalandhar, November 9

After recording an all-time low caseload for the last two weeks, the district on Monday reported 77 fresh Covid positive cases. While reports of 1,540 tested negative, 59 patients were discharged.

In addition to this, two people succumbed to the virus taking the death toll to 84. Concerned over the sudden spike, the administration has appealed residents to remain vigilant about threats of the virus and to fully comply with the guidelines issued by the government.

Three succumb to virus, 46 test positive in Hoshiarpur

The total number of positive patients in the district has risen to 6,437 after 46 new cases were reported in the district, of the 1,633 samples reports received on Monday.

Three people also succumbed to the virus, taking the toll to 223.

The number of samples taken in the district has increased to 1,68,861 so far with 1,489 new samples taken from people with suspected flu-like symptoms. According to lab reports, 1,62,437 were negative, while 1,159 reports were awaited and 133 were invalid.

The number of active cases in the district is 188, while the number of recovered patients is 6,026.

Civil Surgeon Dr Jasvir Singh said of 46 positive cases found today, nine were related to Hoshiarpur city, while the remaining 37 were related to various health blocks of the district.