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Ludhiana: A resident of Ludhiana died of Covid-19 and 68 tested positive on Sunday. About one third of the fresh cases comprised undertrials.
As per the local media bulletin, the 67-year-old man of Dashmesh Nagar, Gill Road, died at a city hospital.
The day also saw four outsiders succumbing to the virus here and 12 testing positive.
Civil surgeon Dr Rajesh Bagga said the Ludhiana toll tally has climbed to 838 and that of outsiders to 324.
To date, 3,92,263 persons have been tested.
Of the 68 new cases, 26 were from flu corner (influenza-like illness patients), four positive cases’ contacts, seven from OPD, one healthcare worker, five through tracing process, 23 undertrials, one pre-operative case and one interstate traveller.
The district case count has risen to 20,359 and that of outsiders to 2,767.
So far, 19,181 patients have recovered, which constitutes 94.21% of the total cases.
There are 337 active cases. As many as 891 persons are home quarantined.
On Sunday, 30 persons were quarantined and 1,924 samples collected.
The number of ventilators in private hospitals is 147, including four government ones installed at CMCH.
Twelve patients, including six Ludhianvis, are on ventilator.