LUDHIANA: A 67-year-old woman of Ludhiana died of Covid-19 and 24 patients tested positive on Monday.
As per the local media bulletin, the woman, a resident of Harpal Nagar, had hypothyroidism and depression. She died at a city hospital.
The health department officials said after more than 100 days, the daily case count has dropped to this value.
The day also saw the virus claiming the lives of two outsiders and leaving six infected.
Civil surgeon Dr Rajesh Bagga said the Ludhiana’s fatality figure has increased to 829 and that of outsiders to 308.
To date, 3,77,386 persons have been tested.
Of the 24 positive cases, 12 were from flu corner (influenza-like illness patients), two positive cases’ contacts, four from OPD, three from tracing process, two pre-operative cases and one under-trial.
The district case count now stood at 20,046 and that of outsiders at 2,697.
So far, 19,008 patients have recovered, which constitutes 94.82% of the total cases.
There are 207 active cases.
As many as 1,096 persons are home quarantined.
On Monday, 75 persons were quarantined and 2,189 samples were collected.
The number of ventilators in private hospitals is 147, including four government ones installed at CMCH.
Fourteen patients, including two Ludhianvis, are on ventilators.