Covid-19 snuffs out 15 lives, infects 304

Sep 9, 2020, 04:06 IST

Times News Network
Ludhiana: Fifteen residents of Ludhiana died of Covid-19 on Tuesday, when 304 from the district and 33 outsiders tested positive.
Besides, eight outsiders succumbed to the virus here, including two each from Jalandhar and Jammu & Kashmir, and one each from Hoshiarpur, Sangrur, Faridkot and Moga.
Chief medical officer Dr Rajesh Bagga said the 15 Ludhiana casualties included a 85-year-old man of Rishi Nagar; a 57-year-old diabetic patient from Sahnewal; a 55-year-old patient with diabetes and hypertension; a 78-year-old man from Dugri, Phase-II, who was suffering from intestinal obstruction; a 48-year-old woman from Cheema Chowk with kidney problem and hypertension; and a 64-year-old man from Manakwal, who was suffering from diabetes, hypertension, kidney and heart disease. The other fatalities were of a 85-year-old diabetic man from Haibowal Kalan; a 58-year-old diabetic man from BRS Nagar; a 86-year-old man from Tagore Nagar with diabetes, heart and hypertension issues; a 82-year-old man from Jagraon who has suffering from heart diseases; a 67-year-old man from Khanna; a 68-year-old man from Gaushala Road who had diabetes, TB and hypertension; a 70-year-old woman from Guru Nanak Colony who had hypertension; a 49-year-old cancer patient of Jamalpur; and a 50-year-old woman of Ludhiana.
With this, the toll tally of Ludhiana has reached 522 and that of outsiders stands at 137.
The health official said of the 337 positive cases reported on Tuesday, 304 were from Ludhiana. They included 94 from the flu corner, 82 from OPD, 40 contacts of positive patients, one cop, five health-care workers, three domestic / international travellers, two undertrials, six with severe acute respiratory infections and 71 others.
The case count of Ludhiana is 12,302 and that of outsiders is 1,332.
The CMO said so far, samples of 1,69,608 suspected patients have been taken. To date, 9,894 people have recovered from Covid-19, which is 80.43%. As many as 1,260 samples were taken for testing on the day.