With 63 +ve cases, Jalandhar district tally is 1,836 now
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With 63 +ve cases, Jalandhar district tally is 1,836 now
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Jalandhar, July 23With 63 positive cases, the district tally of Covid-19 patients reached 1,836 on Thursday. The office of the district nodal officer has been sealed after a journalist, who tested positive on Wednesday, visited the Civil Hospital to get his report.When the report came out, he was tested positive. Reportedly, he had come to know the status of his report when it emerged that he has tested positive.An Additional Sessions Judge also tested positive on Wednesday. The entire staff of the judge was placed under quarantine after he tested positive.Of the total cases reported positive on Thursday, the reports of 52 came from the Faridkot lab, while the rest were from private labs and TrueNat testing. Of these, 44 are contacts of previous patients and 19 are new cases. An Army man, a policeman and a pregnant woman are among those who tested positive on Thursday. Patients are from areas including Sammipur, Laddhewali, Rishi Nagar, Nanakpura, Saifabad, Model House, Kot Pakshian, Raipur Rasoolpur, Dhina, Vikapuri, Rama Mandi, Rohini Colony, Basti Peerdaad, Gopal Nagar, Jalandhar Cantt, New Jawahar Nagar, Maqsoodan, Makhdoompura, Nijatam Nagar, Lakshmipura among others.Finally, Punjab Institute of Medical Sciences begins treating Covid patients1 death, 18 new positive cases in Hoshiarpur
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The Tribune
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2020-07-24