Elderly among two to succumb to Covid-19

TNN
Ludhiana: Two persons from Ludhiana, including an elderly, died of Covid-19 on Friday, when 105 cases were reported from the district and 11 outsiders were confirmed to have contracted the virus.
Health department officials said a 62-year-old man of Ghumar Mandi, who also had high blood pressure, TB and heart and respiratory diseases, died at Rajindra Hospital, Patiala. They said the second casualty was a 50-year-old diabetic man, who died at a city hospital.
The health department officials said with this, district toll has reached 52 and 36 from outside lost their lives here.
Civil surgeon Dr Rajesh Kumar Bagga said of the pending reports, 28 samples tested positive, of which 27 are from Ludhiana district and one is from Bathinda.
The department said of the positive cases in Ludhiana district, five cases are from BRS Nagar, Model Gram, three from Raghunath Enclave, two from Ghumar Mandi and one each from Jagraon, Partap Singh Wala, Durgapuri Haibowal, Tibba Road, Deep Nagar Payal, Civil Lines Police Quarters, Talwandi, Civil Lines, Major Gurdial Singh Road, Rakba, Chawni Mohalla, Fatehgarh Mohalla, Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar, Salem Tabari, Samrala and Jalandhar Bypass.
It added that apart from these, 89 positive cases were reported from private hospitals and laboratory out of which 78 belonged to Ludhiana district, two each to Fatehgarh Sahib, Moga and Barnala and one each to Nawanshahr, Pathankot, Ferozepur, Barnala and Bihar.
The civil surgeon said of the positive cases from Ludhiana district, five were from Jamalpur, four from Barewal Rajguru Nagar, three from Oswal Colony Giaspura, Model Town, Khanna, BRS Nagar, two each from PAU campus, Focal Point, Dugri, Shivaji Nagar, New Janta Nagar, New Subhash Nagar, Kitchlu Nagar, Tajpur Road, Miller Ganj and Ranjit Nagar Sherpur, and one case each was from Valmiki Temple, Anand Vihar, Giaspura, Haibowal Kalan, Prem Nagar Giaspura, Lohara, Agar Nagar Extension, Mahon, Subhash Nagar, Salaudi, Satjot Nagar, CMC Dental College, Issa Nagri, Machhiwara, Upkar Nagar Civil Line, Harbanspura, Sheikhupura, Janakpuri, SBS Nagar Pakhowal Road, Civil Lines, Rajguru Nagar, Major Gurdial Singh Nagar, Samrala, Bal Singh Nagar, GK Estate, Navi Abadi Khanna, Baba Deep Singh Nagar, Hargobind Nagar, Sector 32-A Chandigarh Road, Purana Bazaar, Mall Road, Gopal Nagar Haibowal Kalan, Jagraon and Sahnewal.
Health department officials said 2,275 district residents and 357 outsiders have so far tested positive.