Ludhiana: Two residents of Ludhiana died of Covid-19 and 104 tested positive on Wednesday.
As per the local media bulletin, the district casualties included a 46-year-old man of Lal Kothi Model Town and a 72-year-old man of Satjot Nagar on Dhandran Road, who had hypertension.
The day also saw three outsiders succumbing to the virus and nine testing positive here.
Civil surgeon Dr Rajesh Bagga said the district death count has risen to 888 and that of outsiders to 375.
To date, 4,41,320 persons have been tested.
Of the 104 new cases, 42 were from flu corner (influenza-like illness patients), 37 positive cases’ contacts, eight from OPD, 10 through tracing process, four healthcare workers, two pre-operative cases and one interstate traveller.
The local health department officials said the case count of Ludhiana has increased to 22,346 and that of outsiders to 3,148.
The civil surgeon said to date, 20,599 patients have recovered, which constitutes 92.18% of the total cases.
There are 856 active cases in the district. The number of persons home quarantined is 1,944.
On Wednesday, 196 persons were quarantined and 3,544 samples collected.
There are 147 ventilators in private hospitals, including four government ones at CMCH.
Seven patients, including a Ludhianvi, are on ventilators.