Tribune News Service
Amritsar, May 6
The numbers are swelling! The district reported 25 deaths on Thursday, which is the highest in a single day since the start of the pandemic, taking the toll to 1,057.
The health authorities also reported 492 new positive cases with which the count increased to 35,600.
Of the deceased, two men died at private hospitals in Jalandhar, while one woman died at Civil Hospital, Gurdaspur. The district had till Thursday reported a maximum of 18 deaths in a single day.
Meanwhile, to cater to the increased demand of beds for Covid-19 patients, the district administration has allowed four more private hospitals to admit level-II and level-III patients. With this, the number of beds for level-II category patients increased by 30 and reached 866. With addition of 16 more beds for level-III patients, the total number has gone up to 526.
The health authorities said 7,373 persons were given the injections for Covid-19 on Thursday. The district till date has partially vaccinated 24,421 healthcare workers, 40,344 frontline workers and 1,83,287 residents above 45 years. It has also completely vaccinated 14,006 healthcare workers, 15,241 frontline workers and 30,749 residents above 45 years.
Those who succumbed to the virus
Those who died fighting the disease include Kuldeep Singh (84), a resident of Sundar Nagar; Gurdeep Singh (72) of Loharka road; Kulwinder Singh (50) of Guru Ka Bagh (Ajnala); Raj Kumari (64) and Kanta (67) of Vijay Nagar Batala Road; Parminder Singh (45) of Budha The, near Baba Bakala; Dhani Ram (72) of Greenfield; Malook Singh (60) of Nangli; Sudesh Kumar (66) of Prem Nagar; Davinder Kaur (64) of Baba Sahib Chowk; Vinita Bindra (50) of Sundar Nagar; Sarwan Singh (70) of Gobind Nagar; Dilbag Singh (85) of Chheharta; Satpal Singh (62) of Azad Nagar; Pinki (44) of Shaheed Udham Singh Nagar; Gurmeet Singh (59) of Putlighar; Bimla Rani (75) of Kartar Nagar; Neelam Kumari (45) Macchhiwal, near Ajnala; Manchari Lal (77) of Guru Nanak Nagar; Sanjeev Mallan (63) of Golden Avenue; Harsewak Singh (72) of Ajnala; Savita Arora (60) of Chattiwind gate; Shingara Singh (67) of Nawa Pind; Manjit Kaur (52) of Kathunangal and Cheda Lal (72) of Loha Mandi.
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6 held for violating norms in Tarn Taran
Tarn Taran: The district police arrested six persons for violating Covid-19 restrictions on Wednesday. The police said Rohit Arora, proprietor of Mahi Resorts, Kairon, was arrested for violating Covid-19 restrictions. A function was being organised at the resort with several people, who were not wearing masks. SDM Patti Rajesh Sharma accompanied the raiding police party at the resort. The police said the accused violated the instructions issued by the District Magistrate. They have been booked under Section 188 of the IPC and Section 51-B of the Disaster Management Act, 2005. The police also arrested a shopkeeper Komalpreet Singh of the Muradpur locality for opening his grocery shop. Sagar of the local town, Manpreet Singh of Wan Tara Singh and Rahul of Nanaksar locality, were nabbed for not wearing a mask. In another report, Laadbir Singh of Bhathal Bhai Ke village was arrested by Goindwal Sahib police for opening his shop. Cases under Section 188 of the IPC have been registered. OC
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