Ludhiana: Two residents of Ludhiana died of Covid-19 and 311 tested positive on Wednesday.
As per the health bulletin, six deaths were reported here on the day. While two patients were from Ludhiana, one each was from Nawanshahr, Jalandhar, Gurdaspur and Kapurthala.
The district casualties included a 60-year-old man of Shimlapuri and a 76-year-old woman of Jagraon.
Civil surgeon Dr Sukhjivan Kakkar said the district fatality figure has risen to 1,091 and that of outsiders to 563.
To date, 7,60,461 persons have been tested. Of the 311 new cases, 158 were from flu corner, 56 from OPD, 26 contacts of positive patients, 42 through tracing process, three ANC, three healthcare workers, one pre-operative case and two severe acute respiratory infection cases.
It also included three schoolteachers, 15 school and college students and two employees of a government school in Ladowal. Besides, 43 patients from outside Ludhiana too tested positive here.
The district case count has mounted to 31,741 and that of outsiders to 5,039.
So far, 28,370 patients have recovered, which constitutes 89.37% of the total cases.
There are 2,280 active cases.
Eighteen patients, including nine of Ludhiana, are on ventilators.