Pregnant woman among 3 dead, dist toll rises to 32

Tribune News Service

Jalandhar, July 16

A 25-year-old pregnant woman from Jalandhar lost her battle to Covid-19 on Thursday. Apart from her, two more deaths were reported from the district, thereby taking the death toll to 32.

Not only this, 39 fresh cases were also reported from the district on Thursday taking the tally of positive cases to 1,467.

According to sources, however, a total of 42 cases were reported positive, of which 32 were from Jalandhar district, while the rest were from other districts.

The victims include a 65-year-old man from Preet Nagar, Kapurthala, who was brought to the Civil Hospital Jalandhar on Wednesday. He was suffering from kidney and heart problems and was on dialysis. He was referred to CMC, but died on the way. Another Covid patient from Jalandhar died at CMC Ludhiana on Wednesday. The 25-year-old pregnant woman from Jalandhar was suffering from jaundice. She succumbed to Covid in Amritsar on Wednesday.

Of the 39 cases reported on Thursday, 22 are contacts of positive cases and 17 are new cases.

While ITBP Sarai Khas, with many previously reported cases, is emerging as a Covid hotpot with 11 cases being reported from here today, other patients reported are from Sangat Singh Nagar, Bhogpur, Basant Avenue, Saraswati Vihar, PAP, Avtar Nagar, Defence Colony, Seth Hukam Chand Colony, Preet Enclave, Baba Deep Singh Nagar, Hardiyal Nagar, Mianwali village and Bara Pind.

4 new cases in Kapurthala

Four positive cases were reported from Kapurthala on Thursday. All of them belong to Kapurthala but were referred to Jalandhar. They include a 29-year-old resident of Santpura working at the RTO office in Jalandhar, a 53-year-old RCF employee and a 27-year-old resident of Baba Deep Singh Nagar. The fourth case is a 65-year-old man who died after being referred to Jalandhar Civil Hospital. OC

Five test +ve in Hoshiarpur

The total number of positive cases reported in the district increased to 219, with five fresh Covid-19 patients on Thursday. Civil Surgeon Dr Jasvir Singh said 743 new samples of people with suspected flu-like symptoms were collected on Thursday, while the reports of 591 were received from the lab, of which five came out positive. OC