One succumbs, 31 test positive

Amritsar: The district health authorities reported one death in the district due to the Covid-19 on Friday. With this, the toll has reached 542. The deceased has been identified as Mangal Singh, 87, a resident of New Pratap Nagar. The health authorities reported 31 new cases with which the total count of infections has increased to 14,352. The new cases include 16 influenza like illness cases and 15 contacts of positive patients. Meanwhile, with recovery of 73 patients, the total recovery count has reached 13,313. At present, the district has a total of 494 active cases. TNS

NGO announces winners

Amritsar: A local NGO, Just Sewa Society (JSS), organised an event to facilitate winners of online rangoli competition organised by it to motivate people during the days of lockdown. Harsimran Singh of the JSS said, “The competition was organised at a time when people were feeling a little low due to the lockdown. A large number of people had participated in the event and sent us pictures of rangolis they had made at their homes.” He said though they had announced the winners and appreciated their art. TNS