Virus snuffs out life of Raikot woman; 98 +ve

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Ludhiana: A patient from Ludhiana died of Covid-19 and 98 tested positive on Friday.
As per the local media bulletin, the district casualty included a 48-year-old woman of Raikot, who had hypertension and acute pancreatitis.
The day also saw seven outsiders succumbing to the virus here and 22 testing positive.
Civil surgeon Dr Rajesh Bagga said the district toll tally stood at 791 and that of outsiders at 288.
To date, 3,15,982 persons have been tested.
Of the 98 positive cases, 42 were from flu corner (influenza-like illness patients), nine positive cases’ contacts, 20 from OPD, four police personnel, one healthcare worker, three domestic / international travellers, 15 through tracing process, one pre-operative case and three undertrials.
The Ludhiana case count has mounted to 19,040 and that of outsiders to 2,451.
So far, 17,659 patients have recovered, which constitutes 92.74% of the total cases.
There are 587 active cases. The number of persons home quarantined is 2,335. On Friday, 118 persons were home isolated and 4,335 samples collected.
The number of ventilators in private hospitals is 147, including four government ventilators installed at CMCH, Ludhiana.
Of 20 patients on ventilator, 13 are from Ludhiana.