Hoshiarpur, May 26 (UNI) The Hoshiarpur district has reported one confirmed black fungus case Wednesday.
With the detection of 167 fresh coronavirus cases the infection tally rose to 27863 whereas the death toll climbed to 899 after six more people including two women succumbed to the virus.
Talking to this correspondent here ,Civil Surgeon, Hoshiarpur said the district had one confirmed black fungus case under treatment. Two more suspected black fungus cases were referred for testing.
In a health bulletin issued here Wednesday evening,the doctor stated that as many as 24,882 coronavirus patients have been cured in the district. There are 2,082 active cases in the district.
Of the new fatalities , one each was reported from villages Bhunga, Possi Kandi, Mukerian, Chocka where as two local people of Mohalla Adarsh Colony and Gobind Nagar also succumbed to the virus.
The Health Department Wednesday received reports of 4,145 samples of which 152 people of the district were reported coronavirus positive. In today's tally, 15 people of this district reported coronavirus positive.
As many as 3,898 fresh samples of suspected coronavirus patients had been sent for testing.
The health department collected total 5,52,418 samples of suspected coronavirus patients of which 5,23,007 found negative till date. Results of 4,789 samples are still awaited.
The medical officer further stated that the district has total 290 beds in Level-2 facility in Covid Care Centres of which 117 are vacant. Of the 37 beds in Level-3 facility 15 are vacant.
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