60-year-old man dies, 17 more test +ve in Punjab
AMRITSAR/JALANDHAR/PATIALA/ PATHANKOT : A 60-year-old male Covid-19 patient died while 17 more persons, including two nurses, tested positive for the disease in Punjab on Saturday, taking the total number of confirmed cases in the state to 2,134.
The 60-year old, Vimal Mehra, a resident of Katra Dullo area in Amritsar, was admitted to the Government Medical College and Hospital (GMCH) on May 20 after he complained of cough, fever and breathlessness. He was tested positive for Covid-19 the same day. “He was diabetic. His wife and two sons also tested positive on Saturday,” said Amritsar civil surgeon Dr Jugal Kishore.
Four more persons, including a Mumbai-returned man, were found infected in the district. “The rest of the three Amritsar residents were tested positive in Gurdaspur and are admitted there,” said Dr Kishore.
4 FOUND INFECTED IN JALANDHAR
Two nurses, aged 22 and 27 besides a 36-year-old man of Dada Colony and a 55-year-old man from Lajpat Nagar tested positive for the disease in Jalandhar. The 27-year-old nurse is working at the civil hospital while the other is employed with a private healthcare facility.
ASHA WORKER AMONG 3 NEW PATIALA PATIENTS
Three people, including an accredited social health activist (ASHA worker), tested positive for disease in Patiala. Those found infected are a 43-year-old
Rajpura resident, who returned from Maharashtra; a 37-year-old combine helper who returned from UP and a 38-year-old ASHA worker posted in Kauli block.
CISF JAWAN CONTRACTS VIRUS IN MUKTSAR
A 28-year-old Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) jawan tested positive for Covid-19 in Muktsar on Saturday, a day after the district was declared as virusfree. The patient, who hails from Mohni Kheda village, is posted in Delhi. A 41-year-old man, who reached Pathankot from Mumbai on a motorcycle during the lockdown, was found positive on Saturday. Also, a 38-year-old resident of Jagowal Bangar village in Gurdaspur district, who worked at an oil refinery in Mumbai, was found infected.
(Inputs from Bathinda, Gurdaspur and Rupnagar)