Amritsar district reports 14 deaths, 478 positive cases

Tribune News Service

Amritsar, April 29

The district reported 14 deaths, including two of unidentified persons, due to Covid-19 on Thursday, with which the total count increased to 945.

The district health authorities said two unidentified men — one aged around 35 years and second around 60 years — were brought to the hospital by the 108 ambulance service.

As doctors declared them brought dead, the Covid test was conducted to ascertain the cause of death. The officials said both had tested positive. The district health authorities have also reported 478 fresh cases with which the total count has increased to 31,990. The new cases include 350 influenza-like illness cases and 128 contacts of positive patients. With the health authorities reporting the recovery of 335 patients, the total recovery count has increased to 26,011. The district, at present, has a total of 5,034 active cases.

Meanwhile, 4,242 persons were given the jab on Thursday. The health authorities said those given the first dose of injections include 66 healthcare workers, 393 frontline workers and 2,323 residents above 45 years. Those given the second dose include 217 healthcare workers, 183 frontline workers and 1,061 residents above 45 years.

The government has also stopped all OPD services at Government Medical College to ensure availability of specialist doctors for treatment of Covid patients. The hospital would, however, continue to admit referral cases. Meanwhile, the OPD services would be provided by the Civil Hospital and other public health facilities in the city.

4 die, 49 +ve in Tarn Taran

Four persons, including a woman, died of Covid in the district on Thursday with which the district death toll reached 214. The active cases reached 1,025 after the report of 49 persons came out positive in the district and of these, 624 patients have been isolated at their homes. Deputy Commissioner Kulwant Singh said 91,533 persons have been vaccinated so far. He said the Health Department had sufficient stock of oxygen and patients were being treating properly.

Those who lost battle to the deadly virus

Apart from two unidentified persons, others who succumbed to the virus have been identified as Simranjit Kaur (55), a resident of Ram Nagar (Putlighar); Madhu Bala (48) of Tagore Avenue; Parveen Kumar (52) of Gumtala; Narinderpal Singh (58) of Shaheed Udham Singh Nagar; Narinder Singh (68) of Partap Bazaar (Chheharta); Sawinder Singh (75) of Kathunangal; Gurmej Singh (50) of Nizampur village; Gurmeet Kaur (65) of Ajnala; Sheela Rani (62) of Verka; Nisha (35) of Ekta Nagar; Sukhwinder Kaur (57) of Gurnam Nagar and Surinder Singh (69) of Circular Road.