Tribune News Service

Amritsar, May 28

With 19 more Covid-19 related deaths reported in the district on Friday, the toll has increased to 1,419. The health authorities reported 192 new cases with which the total count has reached 44,214.

The new cases include 138 influenza-like illness cases and 54 contacts of positive patients. With the recovery of 292 patients, the recovery count has improved to 39,214. The total count of active cases in the district stands at 3,581 cases.

Meanwhile, the district administration today asked all government hospitals to utilise 108 ambulance service for ferrying Covid-19 patients.

Deputy Commissioner Gurpreet Singh Khaira said the decision was taken after reports of Covid patients being overcharged by private ambulances poured in at his office.

Those who fell prey to the virus include Surinder Kaur (77) of Maqbool Pura, Baljinder Kaur (55) of Jaspal Nagar, Jagjit Singh of Chhidan village, Avtar Singh (70) of Rajasansi, Kanta Rani (55) of Chheharta, Sukhwant Kaur (80) of Tarn Taran road, Ajit Singh (61) of Krishna Nagar, Ram Ganesh (58) of Hari Singh Nagar, Shamsher Singh (22) of Mahal, Rekha (40) of Majitha road, Ganesh Kumar (45) of Mustafabad, Surinder Singh (68) of Krishna Nagar, Navtej Singh (45) of Guru Ramdas Nagar, Santokh Singh, (85) of East Mohan Nagar, Palwinder Singh (67) Seva Singh (81) of Baba Bkala, Renu (50) of Katra Khajana, Inderjit Joshi (72) of Majitha road and Mukhtar Singh (76) of Baba Bakala.

Four die in Tarn Taran

The district on Friday reported the death of four persons due to Covid-19, pushing the toll to 304. Besides, the district recorded 47 positive cases taking the tally to 637 out of which 376 were quarantined at their homes. Deputy Commissioner Kulwant Singh said 1,236 samples were collected by teams of the Health Department. The DC said a total of 7,401 citizens had contracted the virus so far and 6,460 patients had been discharged. A total of 1,26,388 persons had been inoculated so far.