10 deaths in Hoshiarpur due to Covid-19

Our Correspondent

Hoshiarpur, March 30

The district on Tuesday reported 10 deaths due to Covid-19, taking the toll to 535. Meanwhile, the district witnessed 188 fresh cases of infections, taking the tally to 13,449.

Civil Surgeon Dr Ranjit Singh said, on Sunday, the reports of 1,547 samples were received and out of them, 166 new cases were reported while 22 more patients were reported from other districts. The number of active cases stood at 1,665 while 12,206 patients recovered. Hoshiarpur reported 16 new cases while the remaining ones were reported from various health blocks of the district.

Of the 10 deaths reported due to the virus on Tuesday, six patients died at private hospitals in Jalandhar, while one each died at different hospitals in Hoshiarpur, Ludhiana, Mohali and Amritsar.