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Hoshiarpur, December 20
After 13 persons tested positive, out of 827 reports received from the lab, the tally of Covid patients increased to 7,518 in the district. With the death of two more patients, the toll also rose to 296.
Civil Surgeon Dr Jasvir Singh said the samples of 669 persons were taken in Hoshiarpur district on Sunday. With it, the total number of samples taken so far in the district has reached 2,21,261. So far, 2,13,682 samples were found negative, while the reports of 1,582 samples were still awaited. As many as 7,067 persons have recovered and there were 155 active cases. Of the 13 new positive cases, one case was related to Hoshiarpur city, while 12 were from different health blocks of the district. Two persons who died include a 91-year-old resident of Manavata Nagar, Hoshiarpur, who died at a private Hospital in Ludhiana and a 48-year-old woman of Baddon village, who died at a private hospital in Hoshiarpur. — OC