Tribune News Service

Jalandhar, June 21

With 33 new Covid positive cases reported on Monday, the district tally reached to 62,479 cases. Of these, four cases are from other districts. Two Covid deaths have been reported today. With this, the death tally in the district has risen to 1,461. As many as 60,461 people have recovered from Covid in the district while the number of active cases in Jalandhar is 557.

Kapurthala reports 1 death

One person died of Covid in the district on Monday while as many as 21 persons were reported positive in Kapurthala, taking the total number of positive cases to 17,487. The deceased at Kapurthala today is a 61 year old man from Tibba village. The total deaths in Kapurthala have reached 532.

14 test +ve in Hoshiarpur

With 14 new positive patients, tally rose to 30,263 in Hoshiarpur district on Monday. With one more death, the toll reached 960. With the acquisition of 2,793 new samples, the total number of samples taken in the district till date has reached 6,37,699. As per the reports received from the lab, 6,07,231 were negative, while 3,320 reports were still awaited and 690 were invalid. Of the 2,250 samples received today, 14 new cases of Covid-19 were traced, which includes three reported from other districts. The number of active cases is 310, while the number of patients who have recovered is 28,993. The patient, who died today, is a 72-year-old woman of Nainowal village.

Just 5 cases in Nawanshahr

The health authorities reported five fresh Covid cases in Nawanshahr district on Monday. With this, the total tally has increased to 11,366. One death was reported in the district today. At present, the district has 95 active cases and 78 patients are under home isolation. The number of persons who have recovered is 10,920. Urban Nawanshar, Urban Banga and Balachaur blocks did not report any fresh case today.