LUDHIANA: Covid-19 claimed lives of six residents and left 489 more infected in Ludhiana on Wednesday.
Chief medical officer Sukhjeevan Kakkar said 10 deaths were reported on the day. Of them, four patients were from outside Ludhiana.
The district casualties included a 55-year-old diabetic man of Khanna; a 58-year-old woman of Bhamiya, who was suffering from hypertension and diabetes; a 75-year-old woman of Bajra village, who too had hypertension and diabetes; a 49-year-old woman of Model Town Extension; a 65-year-old woman of New Subhash Nagar; and a 72-year-old man of Gill village. With this, the district’s toll tally has increased to 1,221.
Of the 489 new cases, 44 were contacts of positive patients, 105 from OPD, 252 from flu corner, four healthcare workers, one severe acute respiratory infection case, two inter-state travellers, a teacher of Government High School, Jawaddi, and 80 through tracing process.
The district case count has mounted to 40,463.
On the day, the health department teams collected 3,795 samples. As many as 35,740 (88.33%) patients have recovered to date.