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1 more succumbs, death count reaches 19 in Jalandhar

Tribune News ServiceJalandhar, June 25With the death of a 65-year-old man, the number of Covid casualties in the district has risen to 19. Deceased Mastaik Ahmad (65), a resident of Gur Mandi, succumbed to Covid-19 at the DMCH in Ludhiana. He was tested positive for the virus last week, after which he was admitted to the Civil Hospital, Jalandhar.However, considering his illness, he was transferred to the DMCH, Ludhiana, where he breathed his last this morning. Ahmad was reportedly a heart patient and had a high blood pressure. He complained of shortness of breath after testing positive for the virus.Meanwhile, 25 fresh cases of Covid were reported in the district today. The count of positive cases is 623. The new cases include six from Bhargo Camp, four from street number 13 of Avtar Nagar and the remaining are from Raja Garden, GTB Nagar, Sarabha Nagar, Shahkot, Sarabha Nagar and others.Moreover, six cops who were found infected with the virus earlier have recovered from it. The infected cops were getting their treatment from the Civil Hospital. Those who have been sent home include ASI Raj Kumar of police division 5, Davinder Singh from drill staff at police lines, PCR cop Desh Raj, Raghuvir Singh of CIA staff, Gurlal Singh from police division 4 and Varinder Singh of the CIA staff. Phagwara reports two more +ve casesTwo more persons including a cop and an industrialist were tested positive for coronavirus here on Thursday. Senior Medical Officer, Phagwara, Dr Kamal Kishore, said the 90-year-old industrialist and the cop have been shifted to a covid centre in Jalandhar district. The SMO said 128 samples were sent for testing from Phagwara on Wednesday and Thursday. Of these, two persons came Covid positive. Of the two, one person is the contact of the already declared positive case from the Police Department and one is a family member of already declared positive case. Contact tracing is under way. OC 2 positive in Hoshiarpur, toll rises to 169 A lab report of 438 samples was received on Wednesday, of which two samples were found positive. The number of Covid-19 positive cases in the district has increased to 169. While sharing this information with the media Civil Surgeon, Dr Jasbir Singh, said: “One patient is a 51-year-old resident of Rampur village, under Health Centre, Paladi, while the other is a woman aged 62 from Badyal village, under Health Centre, Harta Badla. So far, 11,447 samples have been collected in the district, of which 10,571 are negative and the report of 690 samples is still awaited. The number of positive patients is 169. A total of 27 samples are invalid and 5 have died. The district currently has 13 active cases and 151 patients have recovered and gone home.” OC

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2020-06-26