Tribune News Service

Jalandhar, August 19

After a gap of nearly one month, a Covid patient succumbed to the virus on Thursday. The deceased was identified as a 67-year-old man who had co-morbidities. In-addition, a jump was also reported in the daily Covid cases. In the last 24-hours, nine persons were reported positive. With one more death, the total number of Covid casualties in the district rose to 1491.

Three +ve in Hoshiarpur

Three new Covid cases were reported on Thursday from Hoshiarpur district. The total number of Covid cases so far in Hoshiarpur stands at 30,697. Meanwhile, the samples for RTPCR testing were taken by the teams of Health Department in different areas of the district in dhabas, restaurants, confectionery shops etc.

3 new cases in Nawanshahr

Three cases were reported from Nawanshar district on Thursday. Two are from block Muzaffarpur and one from Saroya. At present, there are 12 active cases out of which 11 are under home isolation.