5 of district among 8 succumb to Covid-19

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Ludhiana: Eight persons, including five of Ludhiana, died of Covid-19 on Wednesday. Besides, 61 patients from the district tested positive for the disease on the day.
The health department officials said a 68-year-old man died at SPS Hospital. Apart from being Covid-19 positive, he had hypertension, diabetes and kidney problems.
The second casualty is a 60-year-old Rahon Road resident, who breathed his last at Rajindra Hospital, Patiala. The patient was suffering from coronary artery disease and had respiratory and kidney issues as well.
A 60-year-old Covid-19 positive man of Railway Colony, who was suffering from respiratory problems as well, also died at Rajindra Hospital.
The fourth casualty is a 42-year-old resident of Bal Singh Nagar in Basti Jodhewal.
A CMCH official said a 35-year-old woman of Ludhiana died at 6.30pm. The patient, who was admitted to the hospital a day before, had breathing problems.
The officials said a 65-year-old Amritsar resident, who was also suffering from diabetes, hypertension and heart diseases, died at DMCH.
A 53-year-old woman of Nawanshahar district, who also had gall bladder cancer, died at Mohandai Oswal Hospital.
In the seventh such case, a 61-year-old Jalandhar resident, who had diabetes and kidney disease, died at CMC.
Civil surgeon Dr Rajesh Bagga said the toll tally of the district now stands at 40 and that of outsiders here at 33.
So far, samples of 46,013 suspected patients have been taken.
Of the pending reports, 44 came positive. Of them 41 are from Ludhiana district and one each from Hoshiarpur, Ferozepur and Bihar.
The Ludhiana cases include six from Jeevan Nagar, five from Field Ganj, three each from Rampura and Rajguru Nagar, two each from Nayi Abadi Khanna, New Manjeet Basti, Harbanspura, Sidhwan Bet, one each from Sarpanch Colony, Dashmesh Nagar, Hargobind Nagar, Ayok Nagar, Kohara Road, Sector 32, Jagraon, Doraha, Jangpur, Dakha, Ferozepura, Baba Jeevan Singh Nagar, Omaxe, New Shivpuri and Rahon Road.
Of the 29 positive reports received from private hospitals and laboratory, 20 cases are from Ludhiana, six from Jalandhar, one each from Nawanshahr, Fatehgarh Sahib and Patiala.
The district cases include three from Nandpur, two each from CMC campus and Sector 32, one each from College Road, Tagore Nagar, Omaxe, Ajeet Nagar Haibowal, Rani Jhansi Road, Chander Nagar, Dholewal, Ghumar Mandi, Partap Singh Waala, New Shimlapuri, Model Town, Tajpur Road and Dhandran Road.
To date, 1,569 patients have tested positive in Ludhiana. Besides, 286 from outside the district have tested positive here.
The health department officials said 1,210 samples of suspected patients were sent for testing on Wednesday.
Positive cases
Of the positive cases, four are healthcare workers and as many are police personnel. Four cops from Dakha police station, including one from outside the district, have also contracted the virus. The police station has witnessed several cases in the recent past.