Five more deaths, 62 new cases reported in Punjab
AMRITSAR/PATIALA/JALANDHAR/ BATHINDA: Punjab on Saturday reported five deaths and 62 fresh coronavirus cases, taking the state’s tally to 3,080, as per the latest field reports received till 10pm. The state has reported 69 fatalities due to Covid-19 so far.
Four patients succumbed to Covid-19 at Government Medical College and Hospital (GMCH) in Amritsar on Saturday.
“The 75-year old woman, a resident of Gali Jattan Vali inside Lahori Gate, was admitted to the GMCH in a critical state through the flu corner on June 4 and was tested positive for the disease on the same day. She was also suffering from diabetes, hypertension and hypothyroidism. She passed away on Saturday,” said civil surgeon Dr Jugal Kishore.
“A 67-year-old man of Sri Guru Ram Dass Avenue of Majitha Road, who was tested positive for Covid-19 and was also suffering from hypertension, passed away. A 70-year old man of Katra Safed Lahori Gate, who was diabetic, hypertensive and detected Covid positive from an authorised private lab, suffered a cardiac arrest on Saturday evening,” he said.
“Also, a 72 year old woman of Ranjit Avenue E block, died due to Covid-19,” said Dr Kishore.
The district also reported 20 fresh cases on Saturday, out of which 15 are fresh community transmission cases and five are close contacts of the Covid-19 patients.
Four more people tested positive in Pathankot. The four infected people include two policemen, who were tested randomly as per state govt’s order. Besides, a five-year-old girl also tested positive.”
A 65-year-old Malerkotla resident succumbed to Covid-19 at Rajindra Hospital in Patiala on Saturday. Meanwhile, four people tested positive for coronavirus in Sangrur district. Of these, two are contacts of deceased Bimla Devi. Two people tested positive for the novel coronavirus in Bathinda and Ferozepur on Saturday.
Six people, including a staff nurse posted at an isolation facility at Rajindra Hospital, Patiala, tested positive for the coronavirus disease . Besides, an ASI posted in Tarn Taran’s special branch tested positive, a day after he died at Amritsar’s Guru Nanak Dev hospital during his treatment. Six new cases have been reported from Jalandhar district. In Kapurthala, 34-yearold man tested positive for coronavirus . Mohali reported 11 fresh cases on Saturday.