Summary:
Amritsar March 15The active Covid-19 caseload in the district has reached to 944 on Monday which has started to increase the workload on the medical staff. The active caseload in the district in mid-February was around 100 cases. The district reported two more Covid-19 fatalities on Monday taking the death toll to 621 while 147 new cases pushed the infection count in the district to 17008. The district health officials stated that due to recent spurt in the cases the active caseload has increased. “Though most of the positive cases are home quarantined but it still increases workload as the employees have to monitor health of the patients” said an official adding that patients are being provided kits to monitor their health condition and medicines..