9 from dist succumb to deadly virus, 211 test +ve

TNN
Ludhiana: Nine Ludhianvis died of Covid-19 at various hospitals of the state on Monday, when 211 positive cases of district residents and 17 of outsiders were reported.
Health department officials said a corona positive woman aged 57 of quarter number two in Central Jail, who was suffering from lung cancer, died at Rajindra Hospital, Patiala. Others who died at the Patiala hospital included a 34-year-old man of New Vijay Nagar, Haibowal Kalan, who was suffering from a kidney disease, a 60-year-old diabetic man from LIG Flats, Ludhiana, who was also obese, a woman of 60 years and another patient of 60 years from Gill Chowk.
A 50-year-old man from Urban Estate, Dugri, who was obese, died at a city hospital. Another Covid positive patient aged 45 years of Diwala village in Samrala, who was suffering from diabetes and kidney disease, died at Ludhiana civil hospital. A 35-year-old man from Jandiali in Sahnewal died on way to Rajindra Hospital, Patiala, while a woman of 47 years from Jatana, Ludhiana, who was suffering from TB, died at a hospital in Mohali.
The health department said the district toll tally has risen to 114 and that of outsiders to 41.
Ludhiana civil surgeon Dr Rajesh Kumar Bagga said on Monday, 148 positive reports were received. Of these, 143 were from the district and one each from Jalandhar, Gurdaspur, Ropar, Sangrur, and Fatehgarh.
The department said positive cases from the district included six each from Jagraon and Raikot, two from Samrala, five from Khanna, one from Payal, 82 from Ludhiana East Tehsil and 41 from Ludhiana West Tehsil.
It added that apart from these cases, 80 positive reports were received from private hospitals and laboratories, of which 68 were from the district, two from Barnala, one each from Sangrur, Moga, Gurdaspur, Jalandhar, Bihar, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand and three from Jammu and Kashmir. Of the positive cases in Ludhiana district, one each was from Jagraon and Raikot, 30 from Ludhiana East and 36 cases from Ludhiana West tehsils.
The department added of the 211 cases, 56 were influenza like illness cases, one of severe acute respiratory illness (SARI), 31 OPD cases, 28 from tracing process, 11 policemen, 11 pregnant women and six healthcare workers.
“With this, the district case count has increased to 3,728 and that of outsiders to 488,” said health department officials.
The department said on Monday, 640 samples were sent for testing. As per the media bulletin, 2,960 results were awaited till Monday evening. The latest bulletin said 15 patients were on ventilators. Total number of ventilators in private hospitals is 32, of which four are government machines installed at CMCH.