Tribune News Service

Jalandhar, May 28

With 497 new cases reported on Friday, the district tally increased to 59,395. The health authorities reported 10 Covid-19 related deaths today. With this, the toll reached 1,359. As many as 54,099 patients have recovered from the virus in the district. At present, the district has 3,937 active cases.

The district today again witnessed a spike in cases as they reached near 500. During the last few days, positive cases hovered between 350 and 400. In the last three days, the district witnessed 33 deaths. Eleven people fell prey to the virus on May 26, 12 on May 27 and 10 today.

Hoshiarpur reports 3 deaths

The district reported three more Covid-19 fatalities on Friday, taking the death toll to 904, while 117 new cases pushed the infection count in the district to 26,232.

Civil Surgeon Dr Ranjit Singh said the reports of 3,813 samples were received and of them, 111 new cases were reported from the district, while 16 patients were reported from other districts. The number of active cases is 1,787, while 25,414 patients have recovered. The deceased have been identified as 50-year-old woman of Tihara village and a 38-year-old man of Samundra village, who died at Jalandhar hospitals. A 42-year-old patient of Garhdiwala died at Medical College, Amritsar.

4 die, 84 test +ve in Kapurthala

In Kapurthala, the health authorities reported 84 positive cases today, thus taking the tall to 16,392. The authorities reported four deaths in the district today. The deceased include a 50-year-old woman from Talwansi Chaudrian village, a 58-year-old man from Sabuwal village, a 60-year-old woman from Jatike village and an 85-year-old woman from Fattu Dhunga village.

Nawanshahr: Dip in cases

The district is witnessing a steady decline in number of daily Covid cases. On Friday, as many as 27 persons were found Covid positive. Two blocks — Urban Nawanshahr and Urban Rahon reported zero cases. Two persons from Sujjon block succumbed to the virus. The deceased were identified as 70 and 59 year-old-men. The recovery rate in the district is 92%, while the total number of cases in Nawanshahr are 10,937, and active cases stands at 560 (540 from Nawanshahr and 20 from other districts).