Covid-19: 9 deaths, 439 cases reported in Jalandhar district

Tribune News Service

Jalandhar, April 2

With an alarming 439 new Covid cases reported in Jalandhar, the district tally reached 30,562 on Friday.

Of the total cases reported today, as many as 40 belong to other districts.

The district health authorities reported nine deaths in Jalandhar today. With this, the death toll in the districtincreased to 933.

A total of 26,337 persons have been discharged so far. At present, the district has 3,292 active cases.

In Kapurthala, 67 persons tested positive for the Covid-19. The district health authorities reported three deaths in Kapurthala today.

The deceased include a 38-year-old woman resident of Phagwara who died at the Government Medical College, Amritsar; a 61-year-old male resident of Bhagwanpur village who died at a private hospital in Jalandhar and a 60-year-old male resident of Begowal village who died at a private hospital in Amritsar.

The health officials urged residents to get inoculated.

Website for Covid bed info: https://jalandhar.nic.in/