Ludhiana: Covid toll climbs to 806 as 4 succumb; 104 test positive

LUDHIANA: Four residents of Ludhiana died of Covid-19 and 104 tested positive on Tuesday.
The district casualties included a 63-year-old man of Kakowal Road with diabetes and hypertension; a 57-year-old man from Ludhiana, who too had diabetes and hypertension; a 75-year-old man of Tajpur Road; and a 54-year-old man of Tanda Kalliya village of Lubaangarh.
Chief medical officer Dr Rajesh Bagga said of the 104 new cases, 12 were contacts of positive patients, 36 were from OPD, 36 from flu corner, one severe acute respiratory infection case and 19 through tracing process.
The day also saw three outsiders, 1 each of Hoshiarpur, Fazilka and Uttar Pradesh, succumbing to the virus and 17 testing positive here.
The Ludhiana case count has now increased to 19,339 and that of outsiders to 2,506.
To date, 18,053 patients (93.35%) have defeated the novel coronavirus.
Health department official said the district toll tally has mounted to 806 and that of outsiders to 293.
On Tuesday, the health department took 1,182 samples for testing. So far, 3,31,893 people have been tested.