With one Covid-19 related death in the district, the toll reached 475 on Tuesday. - File photo
Tribune News Service
Amritsar, November 17
With one Covid-19 related death in the district, the toll reached 475 on Tuesday. The deceased has been identified as Parvesh Sharma, a 68-year-old, resident of SJS Avenue.
The district health authorities reported 48 new positive cases with which the total count reached 12,389.
The new cases include 30 influenza like illness cases and 18 contacts of positive patients. Meanwhile, with recovery of 15 patients, the count has increased to 11,503. At present, the district has a total of 411 active cases.
Covid cases have shown a spike in recent days. Infections have been rising in several northern states in the Capital’s vicinity even as the overall national count has shown a slight decline so far this week. States where cases have surged in the past 10 days include Haryana, Rajasthan, Himachal, Punjab, Uttarakhand and, to a lesser extent, UP
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