LUDHIANA: Four residents of Ludhiana died of Covid-19 and 140 tested positive on Friday.
As per the health department bulletin, five deaths were reported on the day.
Of these, four patients were of the district and one of Patiala.
The Ludhiana casualties included a 53-year-old woman of Gandhi Nagar, a 52-year-old woman of Jagraon, a 55-year-old man of Sunet village, and a 64-year-old man of Jungpur village.
Civil surgeon Dr Kiran Ahluwalia said the district’s toll has increased to 2,058 and that of outsiders to 1,016.
To date, 15,13,842 persons have been tested.
As many as 12 patients from outside Ludhiana too tested positive here on Friday.
The local health department officials said the district’s case count is 86,061 and that of outsiders is 11,308.
So far, 82,279 patients have recovered, which constitutes 95.61% of the total cases.
There are 1,724 active cases.
On the day, 11,810 samples were collected.
Twenty-five patients are on ventilators.
Of them, 14 are of Ludhiana.