Four more succumb in Punjab, toll 75
Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, June 16
With four more deaths being reported today, Covid-19 casualties in the state have reached 75. While three deaths were reported from Amritsar, the fourth one was from Ludhiana.
In Amritsar, 49-year-old Nirmal Singh of Haripura, 51-year-old Seema of Bhushanpura locality and 66-year-old Krishan Singh, a resident of Ajit Nagar, died due to the infection. The health authorities claimed that Seema had hypertension while Nirmal Singh suffered from hypertension and diabetes.
Besides the deaths, the state media bulletin reported nine more positive cases in Amritsar today. While three are contacts of positive patients, six suffer from influenza-like illnesses.
The deceased in Ludhiana was 72-year-old ex-serviceman from Mansuran village. He was admitted to Dayanand Medical College and Hospital (DMCH) on Sunday and was on ventilator.
Medical Superintendent of DMCH Dr Ashwani Chaudhary said the patient was on ventilator and had co-morbidities also. He was a diabetic and had coronary artery disease.
In the state, 104 fresh Covid cases were reported. With this the tally has reached 3,371.
As per the media bulletin, among districts, 31 cases were reported from Jalandhar; 22 from Ludhiana; nine each from Patiala and Amritsar; six from Pathankot; four each from SAS Nagar, Kapurthala, Sangrur, three each from Hoshiarpur and Fazilka; two each from Gurdaspur and Ropar; and one each from Faridkot, Ferozepur, Tarn Taran and Fatehgarh Sahib.
Jalandhar topped the chart with 31 cases being reported today. While one of them is a contact of a previous case, 30 are new cases with no contact history so far. Five of them are police personnel posted on the Punjab Armed Police campus here. The remaining hail from different localities of the city and satellite towns, including Shahkot.
Among 22 cases reported in Ludhiana, 13 are contacts of positive patients. Of the 13, five belong to the containment zone of Chawni Mohalla, three from Sahnewal and the remaining are from Habib Ganj, Daba Lohara Road and Islamia School Road.
