4 more +ve cases in district

Ludhiana: Four Covid-19 positive cases were reported in the district in the past 24 hours. Of these, one is a 33-year-old resident of Chawni Mohalla, who is a kin of the patient who passed away at DMCH on Friday evening. The other is an 86-year-old man, who was admitted to Mohan Dai Oswal Hospital for some other disease, but when his sample was sent for testing, he was found positive for the virus. The two others are Deep Hospital healthcare workers — a 34-year-old man and a 35-year-old woman.
On Sunday, 541 samples of suspected patients were sent for testing. Yogendra Awadhiya, director of Mohan Dai Oswal Hospital, said, “The 86-year-old patient had come to the cardiac OPD and his sample was taken on May 28. He has been sent to the isolation ward.” To date, 7,463 samples have been taken from the district, of which reports of 6,853 have been received and 610 are pending. The number of patients from Ludhiana is 194, and 90 are from other districts and states. Eight from Ludhiana and six from other districts have lost their lives and 149 were discharged so far. Civil surgeon Dr Rajesh Kumar Bagga said, “As per the state directions, any person not wearing a mask will be fined Rs 500. If a bus, car, auto-rickshaw or two-wheeler owner is found not following social distancing, then they will be fined Rs 3,000, Rs 2,000 and Rs 500, respectively. Any person breaking home quarantine will be fined Rs 2,000 .”