LUDHIANA: A resident of Ludhiana died of Covid-19 and 50 tested positive on Wednesday.
As per the health department bulletin, of the three deaths reported here on the day, one patient each was of Ludhiana, Sangrur and Ferozepur.
The deceased from Ludhiana is a 60-year-old man of Atiana village, who breathed his last at a city hospital.
Civil surgeon Dr Kiran Ahluwalia said the district’s fatality figure has risen to 2,080 and that of outsiders here to 1,034.
To date, 16,42,102 persons have been tested.
As many as 12 persons from outside the district too tested positive here on the day.
The local health department officials said the district’s case count is 86,741 and that of outsiders is 11,464.
So far, 84,185 patients have recovered, which constitutes 97.05% of the total cases.
There are 476 active cases.
On Wednesday, the number of samples collected was 11,009.
There are 274 ventilators in private hospitals, including four of the government at CMCH.
Seventeen patients are on ventilators.
Of them, six are of Ludhiana.