Tribune News service

Amritsar, July 17

With five persons testing positive in the district on Saturday, the total count increased to 46,989. The new cases include three influenza-like illness cases and two contacts of positive patients.

The district has not reported any death due to the disease in the last three days. Meanwhile, with the recovery of 28 patients, the recovery count has increased to 45,310. At present, the district has a total of 100 active cases.

The district has inoculated 2,246 residents during the ongoing vaccination drive on Saturday. The health authorities said the first dose was given to 1,592 residents, while 654 residents have taken the second dose.

No death, case in Tarn Taran

Neither any death, nor any positive case was reported in the district on Saturday. Since July 12, the toll remains 370. Deputy Commissioner Kulwant Singh said there are 28 active cases of which 17 have been isolated at their respective homes. The Health Department teams collected 1,022 samples from different places today for Covid infection. As many as 327 citizens were given the jabs on Saturday as a result of which 2,42,015 persons have been vaccinated in the district so far. — OC