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Ludhiana: An octogenarian woman of Ludhiana died of Covid-19 and 67 tested positive on Sunday.
As per the local media bulletin, the 82-year-old woman with hypertension was a resident of Dashmesh Nagar. She died at civil hospital.
The day also saw a patient from Mohali succumbing to the virus and 27 outsiders testing positive here.
Civil surgeon Dr Rajesh Bagga said the district toll tally has increased to 819 and that of outsiders to 298.
To date, 3,51,508 persons have been tested.
Of the 67 positive cases, 24 were from flu corner (influenza-like illness patients), four positive cases’ contacts, 23 from OPD, two healthcare workers, 13 through tracing process and one undertrial.
The Ludhiana case count now stands at 19,673 and that of outsiders at 2,596.
So far, 18,499 patients have recovered, which constitutes 94.03% of the total cases.
There are 352 active patients. As many as 1,589 persons are home quarantined. The number of ventilators in private hospitals is 147, including four government ones installed at CMCH. Eighteen patients, including eight from Ludhiana, are on ventilators.