2 more succumb to virus, 81 fresh infections in Amritsar
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2 more succumb to virus, 81 fresh infections in Amritsar
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The district witnessed two more Covid-19 deaths, taking the toll to 158 on Friday. The victims have been identified as Navdeep Bhatia, a senior pharmacist at TB Hospital, and Indra, a 55-year-old resident of Islamabad. Both of them were suffering from diabetes.Besides, the health authorities reported 81 new positive cases, taking the total number of cases to 3,691. Meanwhile, the test reports of 106 patients came out negative who went to their houses today.As many as 2,914 afflicted persons have recovered so far and 627 are still undergoing treatment. Of the new cases, 51 persons are persons with symptoms of influenza-like illness (ILI) and 30 are contacts of positive patients.Of the ILI cases, one case each was reported from Namdev colony, New Anteryami colony, GS colony, Lahori Gate, Sant Avenue, Noori Mohalla, Bal Labhe Darya village in Ajnala subdivision, Guru Nanak Pura, Budhatey, Cheel Mandi, ESI colony, Sharma colony, Daburji, Sudhar Sar village, Bhagupur, Namak Mandi, Babowal Tarsikka, New Amritsar, Airport Road, Indera colony, Putlighar, Gurbax Nagar, Guru Gobind Singh, Ganda Singh colony, Sehaj Enclave, Gilwali Gate, Kartar Nagar Chehharta, Ranjit Vihar, Kot Atma Ram, Chak Dogra village in Ajnala, from Raja Sansi village, Shant Nagar area in Rayya village, Rattan Singh Chowk, Barwala, Friends Avenue on the Majitha road, Ranjit Avenue Block C, Hussain Pura, Ram Nagar area in Kangra colony, Chowk Baba Bhuriwala, Partap Avenue, Kusht Ashram on the Chabhal road, Bhakna Khurd, Dr Enclave on the Ajnala road, Vijay Nagar area on the Batala road, Islamabad area, Kohala, Saido Ke and Vallah villages. Two cases each were traced from Avan village in Ajnala and Karampura village.Of the contacts cases, four cases were reported from Guru Harkrishan Nagar; three cases each from Green Avenue, New Tahsil Pura and Vijay Nagar. Two cases each were reported from Gate Khajana, Khooh Suniarian and Jhujhar Singh Avenue.One case each was from Haripura, Mustafabad, Tilak Nagar, Prem Nagar, Military Hospital, Old Cantonment, Beas cantonment, PS Mehta and Jandiala Guru. — TNS
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The Tribune
Date
2020-08-29
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Amritsar