Covid-19: 68 +ve in Jalandhar district, no death reported

Tribune News Service

Jalandhar, December 16

With 68 new cases, the total number of Covid positive cases reached 19,268 in the district on Wednesday. In a huge relief, no new Covid death was reported today. The total number of deceased persons in Jalandhar due to Covid is 608 so far. There are 699 active cases in the district so far and 17,961 people have been discharged, while 476 are under home isolation in Jalandhar at present.

Meanwhile, Kapurthala district saw 11 people testing positive for Covid-19 on Wednesday in the district and two people succumbed to the virus. The deceased include a 70-year-old man from Ramgarh village, who died at Civil Hospital, Jalandhar, and a 68-year-old man from Ramgarh village, who died at a private hospital in Jalandhar.

18 positive in Hoshiarpur

The district reported 18 new Covid-19 cases on Wednesday, taking the infection tally to 7,406. On Wednesday, Civil Surgeon Dr Jasvir Singh said 1,274 new samples of people with suspected flu-like symptoms were taken. Hence, total samples taken so far is 2,17,085. He said while no death was reported today, 284 people have died in the district so far. The Civil Surgeon said out of today’s 18 positive cases, six cases were related to the city, while the remaining were from various health blocks of the district. — OC