65-yr-old succumbs to Covid-19, 26 of district test positive

TNN
Ludhiana: A 65-year-old Covid-19 patient from Jalandhar died at DMCH here on Wednesday noon. The district continued to witness a rise in cases as 26 Ludhianvis tested positive, besides eight others from outside, on the day.
DMCH officials said the 65-year-old man, who belonged to Gur Mandi in Jalandhar, was admitted to the hospital on June 19. DMCH medical superintendent Dr Ashwani Chaudhary said the patient had hypertension, heart and lungs problems and was also diabetic. He said he died of cardiopulmonary arrest.
Civil surgeon Dr Rajesh Bagga said of the 632 samples sent on Tuesday, reports of 570 came out as negative and of 62 were pending. He said of the pending 50 samples, reports of 18 came as positive, of which 16 belong to Ludhiana district. Of the positive cases in the district, one is from Khanna, two from Jamalpur, one from Malerkotla Road in Raikot, three from Prem Nagar containment zone, one from Aman Vihar, two from Model Town, one from Jammu Colony, one each from Moti Nagar, Badewal and three from Salem Tabri.
Health officials said apart from these cases, 16 positive case reports were received from DMCH, of which 10 belong to the district and six are from outside.
Deputy commissioner Varinder Sharma said so far 649 cases have been reported, while 169 were from outside. He said 18 people from Ludhiana and 14 from outside lost their lives, while 410 were discharged.
On Wednesday, 250 were sent for home quarantine and 997 samples of suspected cases were sent for testing. Sharma appealed to the residents to follow the directions of the Punjab government and stay indoors if possible to protect not only themselves, but others also.
Khanna case
Khanna SMO Dr Rajinder Gulati said a 40-year-old patient tested positive for Covid-19 and rest 43 whose samples were sent on June 20 were negative. He said the 40-year-old man, who had no contact history, was moved to isolation ward of the Khanna civil hospital.