Jalandhar, July 13

The district on Tuesday reported 20 fresh cases of Covid-19. However, in a major relief, no fatality was reported in the past five days. Now, the total confirmed Covid cases in the district are 62,938. With the decreasing number of active cases, around 61,323 patients have been discharged. The total number of active cases now stands at 129, lowest since the outbreak of the second wave. As per the Health Department, the Covid beds in most of the hospitals are vacant.

1 dies in Nawanshahr

The district today reported three Covid cases and one death. The deceased was identified as an 84-year-old woman from the Saroya block. On Monday, not even a single case was reported. With this, the tally reaches 11,421 and the toll is 360 (3.15 per cent). At present, the district has 18 active cases, of which 13 are under home isolation. Nawanshahr has a recovery rate of 96.69 per cent. Three patients have been admitted to the Level-II Covid care facility.

Two test +ve in Hoshiarpur

The district today reported two Covid cases, taking the number of total patients to 30,561. The total number of samples taken so far in the district stands at 6,91,122. As per lab reports, a total of 6,61,478 samples were found negative while 1,898 reports are awaited and 1,022 samples are invalid. With no death reported on Tuesday, the toll stands at 972. The number of active cases is 63 and 29,526 patients have recovered.

Just 1 case in Kapurthala

The district health authorities on Tuesday reported just one more positive case of Covid-19 with positivity rate falling to as low as 0.08 per cent. However, no fatality was reported. The total number of active cases in the district remains at 64 after the discharge of 11 patients. The district has so far reported a total of 17,600 infections and 548 deaths. — TNS/OC