Patiala sees five deaths, 288 cases

Tribune News Service
Patiala, April 13

The district continues to report higher number of Covid cases. A total of 288 people tested positive on Tuesday, taking the tally to 25,663. Five people died of Covid-19 during the past 24 hours, taking the toll to 646.

Among the 288 fresh cases, only 18 were contacts of infected patients, while 270 were reported from elsewhere afresh. Patiala Civil Surgeon Dr Satinder Singh said 185 cases were reported from Patiala city, 21 from Kauli, 17 from Bhadson, 16 from Rajpura, 12 from Dudhan Sadhan, nine from Kallon Majra and eight from Samana.

Meanwhile, a two-member team, deployed by the Central Government to oversee the Covid-19 measures, visited the Bhadson block on Tuesday. During the visit, the team inspected Covid sampling site and visited a vaccination camp at Lang village in the block. Thereafter, the Central team, along with Patiala Health officials, went to the containment area in the National Institute of Sports (NIS). The team, during its visit to the NIS, inspected the isolation facility.

Amid the rising cases, Patiala Civil Surgeon made an appeal to residents to get vaccinated at the nearest health centre. He said: “Eligible beneficiaries should get vaccinated at the earliest. Besides, Covid-19 appropriate behaviour is also necessary to check the spread.”