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Ludhiana: Five patients from Ludhiana and two outsiders died of Covid-19 and 68 from the district tested positive for the disease on Friday.
As per the local media bulletin, the five deceased from Ludhiana included a 13-year-old girl of Sandhu Sundar Singh Colony with acute kidney injury, a 62-year-old woman of Phallewal village with hypertension and kidney injury, a 57-year-old woman of Gurpal Nagar, a 37-year-old woman of Shimlapuri with chronic kidney disease and a 60-year-old man of Krishna Nagar, Khanna, who also had acute kidney injury.
Civil surgeon Dr Rajesh Bagga said the total number of deaths from the district has risen to 817 and 295 outsiders have succumbed to the virus in Ludhiana hospitals to date. He said of the 68 patients from Ludhiana who tested positive, 15 were from the flu corner, 13 positive cases’ contacts, 28 from OPD, three healthcare workers, eight from tracing process and one preoperative case.
The Ludhiana case count has increased to 19,552 and that of outsiders to 2,552. So far, 18,382 patients have recovered, constituting 94.01% of the total cases.