3 lose battle to virus, toll 426 in Amritsar district

Tribune News Service

Amritsar, October 15

As three more persons lost life to Covid-19, the toll in the district reached 426 on Thursday. The deceased have been identified as Balwinder Kaur, a 55-year-old resident of Ghannupur Kale village, Raman Kumar, a 48-year-old resident of Putlighar, and Mandeep Singh, a 40-year-old resident of Verka.

The district health authorities have also reported 41 new positive cases with which the total count has increased to 11,326. The new cases include 29 influenza-like illness cases and 12 contacts of positive patients. Meanwhile, with the recovery of 72 patients, a total of 10,370 patients have been cured till date. At present, the district has a total of 426 active cases.