Six time MP among 26 die in Amritsar

  • | Monday | 17th May, 2021

Tribune News ServiceAmritsar May 15With 26 more deaths including that of six-time Congress MP RL Bhatia the toll in the district increased to 1217 on Saturday. The district health authorities reported recovery of 825 patients and the recovery count increased to 33416. Five succumb to virus in Tarn TaranThe health authorities reported five Covid-19 related deaths in the district on on Saturday. The deceased include Amarjit Kaur (65) Balwinder Singh (58) Sawinder Kaur (55) Sunil Kumar (37) and Gurdial Singh (75). The Health Department reported 80 positive cases in the district .The number of active cases has increased to 931.

Tribune News Service Amritsar May 15 With 26 more deaths including that of six-time Congress MP RL Bhatia the toll in the district increased to 1217 on Saturday. The health authorities reported 404 new cases with which the total count reached 40081. The new cases include 225 influenza-like illness cases and 179 contacts of positive patients. The district health authorities reported recovery of 825 patients and the recovery count increased to 33416. At present the district has a total of 5448 active cases. The deceased have been identified as RL Bhatia (100) Mall road; Younis (29) of Gujjarpur (Ajnala); Mewa Lal (64) of Lakshmi Vihar (Majitha road); Balbir Kaur (81) of Vallah; Jeevanjoy Singh (45) of Chowk Manna Singh; Sheela Rani (65) of Chawinda Devi; Veer Singh (55) of Ganda Singh Colony; Tarsem Singh (53) of Mahal village (Ram Tirath road); Salwant Singh (75) of Jaura Fatak; Shinder Kaur (60) of Indira Colony; Arur Chander (73) of Ranjitpura (Chhehharta); Narinder Kaur (45) of Ajnala; Kuldeep Kaur (65) of Krishna Nagar; Asha Devi (45) of Majitha; Dalbir Singh (25) of Jhande village; Sunil Kumar (37) of Tarn Taran road; Mohinder Singh (85) of Khanpur (Baba Bakala); Hans Muni (77) of Krishna Nagar; Jasbir Kaur (73) of Medical Enclave; Gautam Mittu (40) of White Enclave; Anandjit Singh (75) of Aman Avenue (Gate Hakima); Sunder Dass (75) of Ram Bagh; Manisha (47) of Gurwali Gate; Iqbal Singh (72) of Jagdev Khurd; Fateh Singh (70) of Chhehharta and Jaswant Singh (68) of Sudarshan Nagar. Meanwhile 1418 persons including 800 workers in the age group of 18-44 years 443 residents with co-morbid conditions in the age group of 18-44 years and 18 family members of healthcare workers were inoculated. After the start of vaccination drive for construction workers below 45 years the government has also started vaccination for family members of healthcare workers and persons with co-morbid conditions. However vaccination centres at various places were seen locked due to shortage of vaccine. Five succumb to virus in Tarn Taran The health authorities reported five Covid-19 related deaths in the district on on Saturday. With this the toll increased to 261 in the district. The deceased include Amarjit Kaur (65) Balwinder Singh (58) Sawinder Kaur (55) Sunil Kumar (37) and Gurdial Singh (75). All of them were admitted to Guru Nanak Dev Hospital Amritsar . The Health Department reported 80 positive cases in the district .The number of active cases has increased to 931. A total of 113474 persons have been vaccinated in the district to date.

If You Like This Story, Support NYOOOZ

NYOOOZ SUPPORTER

NYOOOZ FRIEND

Your support to NYOOOZ will help us to continue create and publish news for and from smaller cities, which also need equal voice as much as citizens living in bigger cities have through mainstream media organizations.


Stay updated with all the Amritsar Latest News headlines here. For more exclusive & live news updates from all around India, stay connected with NYOOOZ.

Related Articles