Jalandhar doc, 13 others test positive, Punjab tally 1,997

LUDHIANA/JALANDHAR/FARIDKOT/ RUPNAGAR:Fourteen more people, including a doctor from Jalandhar, tested positive for the coronavirus in Punjab on Thursday, taking with the tally of confirmed cases in the state to 1,997.

In Patiala, a 34-year-old who returned from Majnu Ka Tilla Gurdwara in New Delhi was tested positive for Covid-19 on Thursday. He was among those 15 returnees and belongs to Rajpura The district’s tally now is 102.

JALANDHAR 2ND DIST TO CROSS 200-MARK

Seven persons, including a doctor, were found infected in Jalandhar. Two cops, including a DSP, who tested positive in Kapurthala, were also added to the district’s tally. With this, 208 cases, including 6 deaths, have been reported in Jalandhar which became Punjab’s second district to cross 200-mark after Amritsar.

In Ludhiana, three new cases of Covid-19 were reported, taking the total count in the district to 143. Those infected are a 71-yearold man of Lalto Kalan village, a 50-year-old woman from near Dugri and a 37-year-old resident of Ambedkar Nagar.

In Faridkot,two women, who returned from Takht Sri Huzur Sahib in Maharashtra’s Nanded recently, tested positive. They were among five Huzur Sahib returnees, whose fresh swab samples were sent for testing after results of their previous samples remained inconclusive.

A 33-year-old man from Mahain village in Rupnagar tested positive . He returned from HP recently and was home-quarantined. The health authorities have started his contact tracing.

18 RPF MEN FOUND INFECTED IN LUDHIANA

Eighteen more Railway Protection force (RPF) personnel were tested positive in Ludhiana. A total of 34 RPF men have been infected in the city.

These cases, however, have not been added to Punjab’s tally, Ludhiana civil surgeon Dr Rajesh Bagga said.