3 succumb to Covid-19, 60 test positive in dist

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Ludhiana: Three Covid-19 positive patients, two from Ludhiana district and one from Delhi, died at different hospitals on Friday. Meanwhile, 60 from the district tested positive for the disease on the day.
DMCH officials said a 62-year-old man from Field Ganj, who was admitted on June 27, breathed his last at 2.21pm. They said he was a diabetic, hypertensive and heart patient. A 68-year-old woman from Diesel Shed in the district died at Fortis Hospital in Mohali, while a 63-year-old from Lajpat Nagar in Delhi succumbed to Covid-19 at SPS Hospital here.
Civil surgeon Dr Rajesh Bagga said of the 1,011 samples sent for testing on Thursday, reports of 871 have come as negative and of 140 were pending. Health department officials said of the other 119 pending samples, reports of 87 came as negative on Friday and 32 were positive, of which 31 patients were from Ludhiana district and one from Sangrur.
They said of the cases from Ludhiana, five are jail inmates, two each are from Jaswant Nagar, Haibowal, Mundiyan Kalan, Shimlapuri, Islam Ganj, Daba Road, Ram Nagar, Railway Station, one case each is from Doraha, Malakpur, Talwara, Dholewal, Giaspura, Pakhowal Road, Jamalpur, Laxman Nagar, New Pratap Nagar and Manjeet Nagar. They added that one report from PGI stated that a Ludhiana resident has tested positive for Covid-19 there. And as per a report from SPS Hospital, a Delhi resident was positive.
Health department officials said of the 26 positive reports received from DMCH, 23 are from Ludhiana and one each is from Sangrur, Gurdaspur and Moga. They added that of the 23 persons from Ludhiana, six are from Khanna, four from Dugri, two each from Vikas Nagar, Miller Ganj, Basti Jodhewal and one each from Bhamiyan Kalan, Haibowal, Gurdev Nagar, Bihari Colony, Tibba Road, Payal and Dhokan Mohalla.
The officials said of the five positive reports from a private laboratory, one case each was from Khanna and Basti Jodhewal and three patients were from other areas of the district.
The civil surgeon said besides 60 from the district, five from outside also tested positive and till now 960 from Ludhiana and 206 from outside have tested positive here. He said with two deaths, the toll count of the district stood at 24. The toll tally of those from outside Ludhiana was 25.
Health department officials said 1,026 samples of suspected patients were sent for testing on Friday.
The positive cases
The persons who tested positive include five inmates of Ludhiana Central Jail, four healthcare professionals, including a billing supervisor at a private hospital, two pregnant women and a police Home Guards jawan from Sangrur district.