Three more +ve in Hoshiarpur

Hoshiarpur, June 30

With the arrival of three new positive cases in the district, the number of patients affected by Covid-19 has increased to 182. Civil Surgeon Dr Jasvir Singh said a case related to the district has been reported from Ludhiana. She’s a 56-year-old resident of Tanda block. The second case from PHC Paldi is of a 23-year-old youth of Kapurthala, who’s a Punjab Police employee. The third patient is a 26-year-old young man from Ward No. 14 of Hoshiarpur city. He said today 375 new samples of people suspected with flu-like symptoms have been taken. The reports of 138 samples have been received of which three were positive, taking the total number of patients in the district to 182. The total 13,078 samples have been taken in the district so far. — OC