Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, May 12

With 37 fresh cases today, the state count of Covid-19 patients has reached 1,914. A 39-year-old man in Amritsar succumbed to the deadly virus. According to a media bulletin, Ludhiana district topped the chart with 16 cases, followed by Jalandhar 9, Fatehgarh Sahib 8, and one case each at Fazilka, Patiala, Amritsar and Kapurthala.

In Ludhiana, Delhi-based battalion of the Railway Protection Force (RPF) was quarantined at Meritorious School after 16 personnel tested positive. Fourteen personnel had tested positive on Monday night, while two had tested positive on Saturday. Of the total 79 personnel in the battalion, 16 have tested positive and 63 are in quarantine. All had come from Delhi to Ludhiana to ensure smooth flow of trains as migrants in a huge number are being sent home.

Nine new patients, including a five-month-old child, were reported from Jalandhar. Eight of the patients belong to New Gobind Nagar and are contacts of a Covid positive woman while one is from Rasta Mohalla. The tally in Jalandhar has reached 197 now. In Kapurthala, one case was reported. The patient had arrived from UP on Monday night.

With 296 positive cases so far, Amritsar district reported another death. The patient, Mithun Swami (39), a a resident of the Bagh Ramanand area, was on ventilator support for the last two days at Government Medical College, Amritsar. Meanwhile, at least 25 positive cases were also discharged after complete recovery.

As per the Health Department, so far samples of 43,999 suspected cases were sent for testing. Of these, 39,060 samples were found negative and reports of 3,025 is awaited.