Woman dies of virus, 25 new positive cases in Amritsar district

Tribune News Service

Amritsar, October 14

One more person lost his life to the contagion, taking the death toll to 423 in the district on Wednesday. The victim has been identified as 65-year-old Balkar Kaur, a resident of Kotli village near Ajnala.

Meanwhile, the district health authorities reported 25 new positive cases. Of the new positive cases, 16 are persons who had symptoms of influenza-like illness and nine are contacts of positive patients.

With the new cases, the total count of infections in the district has reached 11,285. With 121 recoveries reported on Wednesday, the total recovery count reached 10,298. At present, the district has a total of 564 active cases.