Tribune News Service

Jalandhar, May 25

The district on Tuesday reported 536 fresh cases of Covid. It is after a gap of five days that the daily caseload crossed the 500-mark. Besides, a sudden jump in the daily death toll has also been reported after around six days. With 12 new deaths, the Covid fatalities in the district have increased to 1,326.

With the cases reported today, the total number of cases in the district is now 58,160. However, the number of active cases has lowered to 4,420 from 4,487, the previous day.

Under the intensified RT-PCR testing drive, 10,51,720 samples have been collected from the district, out of which 58,160 people have tested positive. So far, the maximum number of cases have been reported this year have been witnessed in May only.

3 die in Nawanshahr

The number of Covid cases are decreasing in Nawanshahr district again. As many as 30 Covid cases were reported today and three persons succumbed to the virus. The deceased include a 61-year-old man from Urban Nawanshahr, a 67-year-old man from Balachaur and a 65-year-old woman from Saroya.

7 deaths in Kapurthala

The district health authorities today reported 104 fresh cases and seven deaths. The total fatalities have now reached 452 and the total positive cases stand at 16,006. Civil Surgeon Dr Parminder Kaur said the district now has 1,036 positive cases, after the discharge of 183 patients.