Farmers Movement Archive

6 deaths take Amritsar district toll to 111

Amritsar, August 16With six deaths and 97 new positive cases in the past 48 hours, the district death toll and Covid case count have reached 111 and 2,762, respectively. The district has 486 active cases while 2,165 persons have defeated the virus.Four deaths reported on Sunday included Raj Kaur (67), a resident of Main Bazaar on Sultanwind Road; Surinder Kaur (70), a resident of Tej Nagar; Rajinder (44), a resident of Prem Nagar; and Jatinderpal Singh (50). Two casualties reported on Saturday have been identified as Subhash Chandar (61) of Putlighar and Bachni (78), a woman resident of Indira Colony.The district reported 20 new cases on Sunday and 77 fresh cases on Saturday. The new cases reported on Sunday include 10 persons with influenza-like illness (ILI) and 10 contacts of Covid patients. Of the ILI cases, two each were reported from Ram Tirath and Sant Nagar Verka and one case each was reported from Bhalla Colony (Chehharta), Katra Bhagghian, Jawahar Nagar (Batala Road), Guru Arjandev Nagar, Loon Mandi and Chande village. Besides, three contacts of Covid patients from Military Hospital, two from Corporate Hospital and one each from BSF, Khasa; IVY Hospital; New Amritsar and Prem Nagar tested positive for the virus.The new cases reported on Saturday included 48 ILI cases and 29 contact cases. The ILI cases included two each from Ram Tirath, Dayanand Nagar (Lawrence Road), Medical Enclave, Pandori Waraich village, Cheema Bath village, Brahm Nagar (Lawrence Road), Subhash Colony, Gali Gill Wali, Chabhal Road, Government Railway Police, Baba Sawan Singh Nagar, Basant Avenue, Guru Amardas Avenue, Thaithian village, Taragarh village, Uttam Avenue (Sultanwind Road), Ganda Singh Colony, Sangatpura village, Professor Colony, Katra Bhai Sant Singh, Babhowal village, Jaj Nagar, Chogawan Village, Jethunangal village, Chande Village, Katra Charan Singh, Gopal Nagar, Kot Atma Ram, Shareefpura, Ganda Singh Wala, Maqboolpura, Sohian Kalan village, New Jail Road, Katra Ahluwalia, Janta Colony (Maqbool Road), Ranjit Pura (Chehharta), Kamla Devi Avenue, Gheo Mandi, office of the Commissioner of Police, Verka and Putlighar. The contact cases included three each from Sandhya Enclave, Military Hospital and Bhai Mani Singh Road, two each from Ram Nagar, B-Block Ranjit Avenue, Baba Sahib Chowk, Shahid Udham Singh Nagar, New Amritsar and Kashmir Avenue, besides one case each from Green City; Bhullar Avenue; BSF, Khasa; Government Medical College; local airport; Majitha; Gopal Nagar; Khandwala; and Dashmesh Avenue (Majitha Road).

The Tribune

2020-08-17