Ludhiana: No death due to Covid-19 was reported in Ludhiana on Friday, the second consecutive day.
However, 43 residents tested positive for the virus.According to the health department media bulletin, a patient each of Moga and Malerkotla died of coronavirus in the district on the day.Civil surgeon Dr Kiran Ahluwalia said the district’s toll stood at 2,080 and that of outsiders here at 1,037.To date, 16,64,015 persons have been tested.
Of the 43 new cases, 13 were from OPD, 10 with influenza-like illness, one ANC, one health-care worker, eight undertrials, and 10 through tracing process.
Six patients from outside the district, too, tested positive here.
The local health department officials said the district’s case count is 86,824 and that of outsiders here is 11,475.So far, 84,304 patients have recovered, which constitutes 97.10% of the total cases.There are 440 active cases.
On the day, the number of samples taken was 10,844.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.