Tribune News Service
Amritsar, May 23
With 15 Covid-19 related deaths reported in the last 24 hours, the toll in the district has increased to 1,344 on Sunday. The health authorities reported 300 new positive cases with which the total count has increased to 42,834.
The new cases include 218 infleunza-like illness cases and 82 contacts of positive patients. The district reported recovery of 500 patients. With this, the total count has reached 37,269.
At present, the district has a total of 4,121 active cases. Officials said the active caseload was decreasing from the last few days as number of patients recovering was more than the number of persons testing positive. They said decreasing active caseload was an indicator that the spread of infection has been contained to some extent.
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