Tribune News Service

Jalandhar, May 22

As many as 421 people tested positive for Covid in the district on Saturday, taking the total district tally to 56,831. Of these cases, 62 are from other districts. With nine more deaths today, the death tally in the district has risen to 1,299. As many as 50,736 people have recovered from Covid in the district while the number of active cases is 4,796.

Meanwhile, in Kapurthala 208 people were reported positive taking the total number of cases to 15,787. Two peope died in the district today. The deceased include a 61-year-old man from Phagwara and a 70-year-old woman from Masita village.

Six die in Hoshiarpur

Hoshiarpur: The district reported six more fatalities on Saturday taking the death toll to 876, while 277 fresh cases were reported in the district. Giving information about the cases, Civil Surgeon Dr Ranjit Singh said the number of active cases in the district stood at 2,657 and 23,444 patients had recovered from the virus.

Out of today's 277 cases, seven patients were reported from other districts and remaining 270 from various health blocks of the district. Four patients died at Hoshiarpur hospitals, while one died at Jalandhar Civil Hospital and at Dasuya Civil Hospital.

4 deaths at Nawanshahr

Nawanshahr: The health authorities of Nawanshahr district on Saturday reported 52 cases. The district also saw four fatalities, including those of three persons aged 45, 55 and 61 from Sujjon block. The block, however, had only five new positive cases. The fourth fatality was of a 48-year-old in Balachaur block.