Ludhiana: Eight residents of Ludhiana died of Covid-19 and 104 tested positive on Wednesday.As per the health department bulletin, 10 deaths were reported on the day.
Of these, eight patients were of Ludhiana and one each of Moga and Barnala.The District casualties included an 85-year-old man of Model House, a 44-year-old man of Basant Nagar, a 51-year-old woman of Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar, Pakhowal Road, a 48-year-old man of Prem Nagar, a 70-year-old man of Otala village, a 62-year-old man of Kundanpuri, a 45-year-old woman of Jamalpur and a 48-year-old man of Lohara.
Six of the deaths were reported from civil hospital.
Civil surgeon Dr Kiran Ahluwalia said the district’s toll has risen to 2,049 and that of outsiders to 1,012.To date, 14,89,810 persons have been tested.
As many as 23 patients from outside the district, too, tested positive here on Wednesday.The district’s case count is 85,808 and that of outsiders is 11,275.So far, 81,843 patients have recovered, which constitutes 95.38% of the total cases.There are 1,916 active cases.
On the day, 12,430 samples were collected.Twenty-six patients are on ventilators.
Of them, 17 are of Ludhiana.