Ludhiana: Two residents of Ludhiana died of Covid-19 and 81, including students and teachers, tested positive on Tuesday.
Chief medical officer Sukhjeevan Kakkar said the district casualties included a 57-year-old man of Dhandra Road and a 57-year-old man of Bujarg village. With this, the district toll has reached 1,023.
Of the 81 new cases, two were from OPD, 32 from flu corner, 18 cops, two healthcare workers, two DMCH staffers, one severe acute respiratory infection case, 12 through tracing process. Five students and seven teachers have also contracted the virus.
The affected teachers are from government schools in Model Town, Dhandari Khurd, Chaunta, Punjab Public School, Samrala, Government High School, Kot Mangal Singh, and GHG Khalsa School, Ahemadgarh. The students are from government school, Chaunta, GMT College, Government School, Kailpur, Punjab Public School, Samrala, and ITI, Samrala.
The district case count has increased to 26,782, of which 25,314 (94.51%) have recovered. On the day, 1,828 samples were collected.