Tribune News Service

Jalandhar, May 27

With 401 new cases reported on Thursday, the total district tally reached 58,898 cases. As many as 12 Covid deaths were also reported on Thursday. With this, the death tally in the district has risen to 1,349. As many as 53,478 people have recovered from Covid in the district, while the number of active cases in Jalandhar is 4,071. While the number of Covid admissions and cases have been coming down for the past some days, there is however, a rise in the number of deaths in the district. In the past two days, there have been 23 Covid deaths in the district. While 11 people died yesterday, 12 persons succumbed to the virus on Thursday.

Showcause notice to Kap Scan Centre

• The district administration has issued a show-cause notice to Kap Scan and Diagnostic Centre for alleged overcharging in CT scan of a Covid-19 patient
• A complaint was received from the advocate DS Bawa that the scanning centre had demanded Rs5,000 for CT scan of a Covid-19 patient. However, the govt has fixed Rs2,000 for this test
• The amount allegedly demanded by the hospital was in violation of the state government's guidelines. Hence a show-cause notice is being issued to the scanning centre to furnish its explanation in the present case

7 deaths in Kapurthala

In Kapurthala, 201 persons were reported positive in the district, taking total number of positive cases to 16,321. Seven persons died in the district today. The deceased at Kapurthala include a 50-year-old woman from Ballo Chak village, a 57-year-old man from Talwandi Kuka village, a 67-year-old woman from Sujo Kalia village, a 65-year-old woman from Bhulla Rai village, a 70-year-old woman from Hardaspur , a 46-year-old woman from Tarf Haji village and a 64-year-old man from Talwandi Chaudhrian village. So far 464 people have died of Covid at Kapurthala.

Toll tops 900 in Hoshiarpur

The district reported two more Covid fatalities on Thursday, taking the death toll to 901, while 125 new cases pushed the infection tally to 26,121.

Civil Surgeon Dr Ranjit Singh Ghotra said the number of active cases stood at 2,004, while the number of recovered patients was 25, 083. Out of today’s 125 cases, four positive patients were reported from other districts and the remaining 121 from various health blocks of the district.

The total number of samples taken in the district till date is 5,56,573, of which, 5,27,203, were negative, while 4,627 report were still awaited and 442 samples were invalid.

Meanwhile, the district administration on Thursday declared Beh Kitton village in Hajipur block of Hoshiarpur subdivision as micro-containment zone. The DC issued orders under Section 144 of the CrPC. She said only medical emergency and essential services would be allowed in the micro-containment zone.

Two die in Nawanshahr

Nawanshahr district reported two deaths and 38 new Covid cases today. Victims have been identified as a 70-year-old man from Mukandpur block, a 36-year-old from Nawanshahr, a 47-year-old from Mukandpur, a 72 year-old woman from Sujjon block. Maximum (10) cases were reported from Sujjon block and one case was reported from Rahon. Total number of positive cases has now increased to 10,910 and the number of active cases is 616. There are three containment zones in the district and the recovery rate is 91.63 per cent. Total number of deaths till now are 317.