Three die, 42 new infections in Amritsar district

Amritsar: The district reported three more deaths due to the Covid-19 contagion, pushing the death toll to 451 in the district on Wednesday. The deceased have been identified as 60-year-old Surinder Kaur, a resident of Ganda Singh Colony (Majitha Road), 52-year-old Balbir Singh of Rasulpur village and 60-year-old Sarbjit Kaur of Friends Colony. The health authorities also reported 42 new positive cases. With the new cases, the total count of positive cases has increased to 11,777. The new cases include 31 influenza-like illness cases and 11 contacts of positive patients. Meanwhile, with the recovery of 24 more patients, the total number of those cured has reached 11,018. At present, the district has a total of 308 active cases. TNS

3 mobiles seized from central jail

Amritsar: The Central Jail administration seized three mobile phones during a checking in the jail premises. Ajmer Singh, Assistant Superintendent of the Central Jail, said that while checking of barrack number 3 in room number 4, the jail staff found a mobile phone from prisoner Sujjal Kumar, alias Ravi Bedi of Ghanke village in Kapurthala. Later, while checking of bathroom an unclaimed mobile was also recovered. Similarly, Bhagwant Singh, Assistant Superintendent of the Central Jail, stated that while checking of chakki number 23 a mobile phone was seized from prisoner Guriqbalmeet Singh, alias Robin of Hansawal village, and Amrik Singh, alias Happy of Taran Taran. A case has been registered under Sections 42 and 52-A of the Prison Act at the Islamabad police station. TNS