COVID-19: 30 fresh cases reported; state count rises to 2,263
Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, May 31
With another death due to COVID-19 in Pathankot, the total number of casualties in the state has reached 45.
Apart from that, one person in Ludhiana is critical and is on ventilator support system and two are on oxygen support.
As per the district health officials, the latest victim is a 50-year-old man.
He hailed from Mirpur colony, Pathankot. He came to the Pathankot civil hospital with some respiratory problems. “
He was also a diabetic. Since he was carrying symptoms of COVID-19, we took his samples and asked him to home quarantine himself. His test turned out to be positive,” said Pathankot Senior Medical Officer Dr Bhupinder Singh.
Apart from that, 30 fresh cases were reported today and state’s count has now reached 2,263.
As per the media bulletin, among districts, 9 cases were reported from Ludhiana, 8 from Ropar, four each from Jalandhar and Hoshiarpur, three from Amritsar and one each from Moga and Barnala.
In Ludhiana, 9 more were tested positive. Seven are the family members of the COVID positive patient who died yesterday at DMCH while two are under-trials.
A 53-year-old-patient from Chowni Mohalla lost his life yesterday at DMCH.
He was shifted from Deep Hospital in a serious condition with high fever and urinary tract infection. He was diabetic from last 4-5 years. Samples of 9 of the family members were taken out of which 7 have tested positive and all are admitted at MCH, Vardhman.
In addition to this, two more tested positive for COVID-19 today and both of them are under trials. One 34-year-old is from Ludhiana and was booked for attempt-to-murder.
Other one is 18-year-old and is from Gurdaspur and he was also booked for murder. Both of them were in Borstal jail which is a COVID special quarantine jail for the entire state.
In Jalandhar, four new cases were reported. Of these the three cases include a mother (38-year-old) and son (15-year-old) – Dalla village residents—contacts of a man who had previously tested positive.
The third person is a 24-year-old resident of Boparai village in Jalandhar. Besides that a 51-year-old man – contact of a Lajpat Nagar industrialist who previously tested positive—and a 47-year-old BSF personnel tested positive.
The BSF man who had returned from Delhi – where he had been in 14-day quarantine – tested positive after he was tested at the flu corner on his return to Jalandhar.
In Amritsar three new cases were reported today. The district health authorities said two of the new positive cases are residents of Mehta village who had returned from UK recently.
While one other patient with influenza like illness from Park Avenue area had self reported. Meanwhile the health department has reported three recoveries today with which the total count of cured patients has reached 310. The district presently has 75 active cases.
After remaining corona-free for 10 days, Fazilka reported two fresh cases.
The health department source said one person returned from Sonepat in Haryana some four days ago has been tested Covid positive. He was home quarantined at his residence in local Badal colony.
He has been rushed to isolation centre set up in Jalalabad civil hospital. The police have cordoned off the area around the residence of the affected person.
Another person stated to be from security force has been kept in isolation centre as per force’s protocol. He had also come from Haryana.
Total tested samples 87,852
Positive cases: 2,263
Cured: 1,987
Deaths: 45
Cases Confirmed Deaths
Amritsar 377 7
Jalandhar 245 7
Ludhiana 193 9
Tarn Taran 157
Gurdaspur 137 3
Hoshiarpur 120 5
Patiala 118 2
SAS Nagar 111 3
SBS Nagar 102 1
Sangrur 96
Ropar 70 1
Muktsar 66
Faridkot 62
Moga 62
Pathankot 60 2
Fatehgarh Sahib 58
Bathinda 47
Ferozepur 46 1
Fazilka 44
Kapurthala 36 3
Mansa 32
Barnala 24 1
Total 2263 45
