Virus claims 42-yr-old’s life, 41 new cases in district
Tribune News Service
Amritsar, July 27
With the death of a 42-year-old person due to Covid-19 on Monday, the toll has increased to 68 in the district. The deceased, identified as Ravinderjit Singh, a resident of Akaash Avenue, was admitted to Government Medical College here.
The district also reported 41 fresh cases in the last 24 hours. With these new cases, the total count of positive cases has reached 1,574 in the district. The new cases include 19 persons with influenza-like illness (ILI) while 22 are contact cases. Of the 22 contact cases, 11 are police officials — three contact cases were reported from the Central Jail, two from CIA staff, three from the Police Lines, two from Police Control Room and one from the Commissioner of Police office.
Five contact cases from Kaawan village (Ajnala), two from NRI Colony (Loharka Road), two from Guru Amardas Avenue and one each from Tandon Nagar and Takarian Wala Bazaar were also reported. Civil Surgeon Navdeep Singh said at present the district had 332 active cases. He said 23 patients were discharged after complete recovery today. The total count of cured patients from the district has reached 1,174.
Pregnant woman dies
Tarn Taran: The district reported the death of a seven months pregnant woman due to the Covid-19 at Guru Nanak Dev Hospital (GNDH) in Amritsar on Monday. With this death, the toll has reached seven. Besides, 19 new positive cases were reported in the district. One suspected Covid-19 positive died on Sunday.
The victim has been identified as Prabhjit Kaur (27) of Bhaini Massa Singh (Bhikhiwind) in Tarn Taran district. She was admitted to the isolation ward of the Civil Hospital (Tarn Taran), but due to her serious condition she was referred to GNDH on July 24. The district authorities had dispatched a vehicle to bring the body from Amritsar to be cremated under the Covid-19 protocols. The tally of active patients has reached 71 in the district. Eight patients were discharged after recovery today
