Dist case count nears 19K as 114 test positive; 6 succumb

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Ludhiana: Six residents of Ludhiana died of Covid-19 and 114 tested positive on Wednesday.
The district casualties included a 45-year-old man of Khanna, who had hypertension; a 57-year-old diabetic man of Kot Mangal Singh; a 60-year-old man of Miller Ganj with hypertension; an 84-year-old man of Ghumar Mandi; a 48-year-old man of Talwandi Kalan in Ladowal, who had diabetes and hypertension; and a 40-year-old diabetic woman of Chak Swarnanath.
The day also saw three outsiders — one from Barnala and two from Jammu and Kashmir — succumbing to the virus and 26 testing positive here.
Of the 114 positive cases, 42 were from flu corner (influenza-like illness patients), six positive cases’ contacts, 32 from OPD, three pregnant women, 25 through tracing process, one severe acute respiratory infection (SARI) patient and three pre-operative cases.
Civil surgeon Dr Rajesh Bagga said the Ludhiana toll tally has increased to 788 and that of outsiders to 277.
Local health department officials said the district case count has mounted to 18,853 and that of outsiders to 2,414.
So far, 17,444 patients have recovered, which constitutes 92.52% of the total cases.
There are 618 active cases here. The number of persons home quarantined is 2,560.
On Wednesday, 108 persons were home isolated and 5,053 samples collected.
To date, 3,07,446 persons have been tested for Covid.