4 more succumb to virus, 254 new cases in Amritsar

Tribune News Service

Amritsar, September 21

The district health authorities reported that four persons succumbed to the Covid-19 pandemic on Monday, thus taking the toll to 313. Besides 254 new cases were reported, taking the tally to 8,424 in the district.

The deceased include Manohar Singh (45), a resident of Gurbaksh Nagar, Rur Singh (73), a resident of Pallah village in Baba Bakala sub-division, Gurmeet Kaur (50) of Gate Hakeema and Suneeta Sareen (80) a resident of Hussainpura.

Of new positive cases reported today, 162 patients were suffering from influenza like illnesses (ILI) and 92 were contacts of positive cases. A total of 203 cured patients were discharged from the hospitals. Now, the figure of active cases stands at 1,777.