Sangrur reports 62 new coronavirus case; emerges as new area of concern

Parvesh Sharma
Tribune News Service
Sangrur, June 23

Sangrur appears to be emerging as a new area of concern for health authorities in Punjab, reporting 62 new coronavirus cases on Tuesday alone and a total of 80 new cases in a span of 24 hours.

Of this number, 18 tested positive on Monday evening and have been taken into account in Punjab’s COVID bulletin released on Tuesday.

The district also reported one death—a 65-year-old man from Malerkotla died at DMC Ludhiana, where he had been admitted since June 18. The patient had hypertension and diabetes, doctors said.

This has also not been included in the state tally yet.

A spokesperson of the district health department said of Sangrur’s 62 new cases reported on Tuesday, 21 were from

Malerkotla. Of this number, 19 were contacts of diagnosed cases, one was a policeman.

Seventeen new cases came from Amargarh—16 of these contacts of diagnosed cases. Health authorities are still trying to establish the source of infection for the last patient.

Fifteen new patients came from Dhuri—11 contacts of diagnosed cases and four new cases.

Four cases were reported from Sangrur—three contacts and one new case.

Apart from this, Longowal, Kauhrian and Sherpur each reported one case, while Suman reported two.

Dr Ravinder Klair, district Covid 19 Nodal officer, said authorities were trying to track down, test and isolate other contacts.

Sangrur has been steadily reporting a rise in COVID-19 figures this past week—the glance at the state tally shows that the district has reported 67 new cases since June 19. This number does not include the 62 reported on Tuesday evening. When that number is taken into account, the district tally will stand just over 300.

The state’s COVID bulletin puts the district’s death toll at six.