Four deaths, 209 fresh infections in district

Tribune News Service

Amritsar, March 22

With the Covid-19 claiming four more lives in the district in the last 24 hours, the toll has reached 644 on Monday. The health authorities also reported 209 new cases pushing the total count to 18,304.

The deceased have been identified as Pinder Kaur (40), a resident of New Amritsar, Poonam (25), a resident of Jandiala, Rajinder Puri (68) of Sundar Nagar and Jawahar Lal Kapoor (80) of Kishan Kot area in Islamabad. The new cases include 134 influenza-like illness cases and 75 contacts of positive patients.

With a total of 2,572 cases in the month of March so far, the district has reported an average of 116 cases per day. With 49 deaths, around 2.2 per cent deaths have been reported on a daily average.

While the cases are increasing, the active caseload in the district has gone up to 1,665. The health officials have reported recovery of 112 patients taking the count to 15,995.

Meanwhile, in the ongoing vaccination drive, a total of 62,700 persons have received the shot. These include 17,059 healthcare workers, 17,115 frontliners and 28,526 persons above 45 years of age. Of the total, 11,410 health and frontline workers have been fully vaccinated and received the second dose. On Monday, a total of 3,636 persons were incoulated.

Helpline numbers for Covid patients

City Control Room Numbers: 0183-2500398, 2500498, 2500598

Health Department helpline: 0183-2535322, 0183-2535323

Medical helpline:104

Contact a doctor:1800 180 4104

Bed availability and status: Punjab Covid App (updated daily at 5 pm)