LUDHIANA: Six residents of Ludhiana died of Covid-19 and 135 tested positive on Monday.
As per the health department bulletin, seven deaths were reported on the day.
Of these, six patients were of Ludhiana and one of Gurdaspur.
The district casualties included a 65-year-old woman of Satjot Nagar, a 50-year-old man of Galwaddi village, a 41-year-old man of Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar, Pakhowal Road, a 60-year-old man of Khatra village, a 41-year-old man of Salem Tabri, and a 54-year-old woman of Model Town.
Civil surgeon Dr Kiran Ahluwalia said the district’s toll has mounted to 2,035 and that of outsiders to 1,007.
To date, 14,64,989 persons have been tested.
As many as 38 patients from outside Ludhiana, too, tested positive here on Monday.
The local health department officials said the district’s case count was 85,589 and that of outsiders 11,228.
So far, 81,316 patients have recovered, which constitutes 95.01% of the total cases.
There are 2,238 active cases.
On the day, the number of samples taken was 11,445.
Thirty-one patients are on ventilators.
Of them, 19 are of Ludhiana.