Ludhiana: No death of a Ludhiana resident due to Covid-19 was reported for the third consecutive day on Friday. However, two patients from outside the district succumbed to the virus at the city hospitals. As many as 41 residents and nine outsiders have tested positive.
Civil surgeon Dr Sukhjivan Kakkar said the district fatality figure stood at 969 and that of outsiders has increased to 458.
To date, 5,54,546 persons have been tested.
Of the 41 new cases, 12 were from flu corner (influenza-like illness patients), 12 positive cases’ contacts, 11 from OPD, five through tracing process, and one pre-operative case.
The local health department officials said the district case count was 25,012 and that of outsiders 3,748.
So far, 23,751 patients have recovered, which constitutes 94.95% of the total cases.
There are 289 active cases. The number of persons home quarantined is 932.
On Friday, 37 persons were quarantined and 2,329 samples collected.
There are 147 ventilators in private hospitals, including four of the government at CMCH.
Three patients are on ventilators.