Ludhiana: Two residents of Ludhiana lost their lives to Covid-19 and 34 tested positive on Tuesday.Chief medical officer Dr Kiran Ahluwalia said a 44-year-old woman of Amarpura and a 68-year-old man of Bhairomunna village died due to Covid.The new 34 cases include eight from OPD, 17 from flu corner, one severe acute respiratory infection case and eight through tracing process.Ludhiana’s toll stood at 2,079 and its case count is 86,691.On Tuesday, the health department teams collected 10,748 samples.There are 538 active cases.
The officials said to date, 16,31,093 samples have been collected.
Of these, reports of 16,31,012 samples have been received, 15,32,869 samples were found negative and reports of 81 are pending.