More pain: 11 fall prey, 332 fresh cases surface in Amritsar

Tribune News Service

Amritsar, April 1

With 11 Covid-19 related deaths reported in the last 24 hours by the district health authorities, the toll has increased to 687 on Thursday. The deceased include eight women and three men.

The deceased have been identified as Kanwaljit Kaur (60) of Palah Sahib area, Manjit Kaur (65) of Jheetan Kalan village, Usha Rani (80) of Sant Nagar Verka, Balbir Kaur (65) of Ram Tirath, Balwinder Kaur (62) of Verka, Bhajan Singh (65) of Dharar village, Bakshish Kaur (69) of New Amritsar, Paramjit Kaur (45) of Attari, Bhajan Lal (60) of Mohran Wala Kalan village, Jaspal Singh (54) of Ajnala, Ram Bahadur (47) of Wada Naushehra village.

The health authorities also reported 332 new cases with which the total count of infections has increased to 21,342. The new cases include 245 influenza like illness cases and 87 contacts of positive cases.

With the Health Department reporting recovery of 184 patients, the recovery count reached 17,499. At present, the district has a total of 3,156 active cases.

Meanwhile, a total of 4,823 persons were administered vaccine during the ongoing drive. The health officials said 20,021 healthcare workers (HCW), 28,753 frontline workers (FLW) and 47,179 persons above 45 years of age have been partially vaccinated, so far.

Additionally, 7,647 HCW, 6,524 FLW and 402 persons above 45 years of age have received their second shot of the Covid vaccine.