Covid claims 15 lives, infects 507 in district

Ludhiana: Fifteen residents of Ludhiana died of Covid-19 and 507 tested positive on Monday.
As per the health department bulletin, 25 deaths were reported on the day. Of these, 15 patients were of the district, two each of Fatehgarh Sahib and Jalandhar and one each of Moga, Sangrur, Gurdaspur, Muktsar, Haryana and Himachal Pradesh.
The district casualties included a 65-year-old man of Raikot, a 32-year-old man of Narinder Nagar, a 65-year-old woman of Maya Nagar, a 61-year-old man of Khanna, a 60-year-old man of Samrala, a 46-year-old man of Baddowal, a 50-year-old woman of Haibowal Kalan, a 61-year-old man of Kaunke village, a 58-year-old man of Mullanpur, a 68-year-old man of Guru Nanak Nagar, a 70-year-old man of Mundian Kalan, a 61-year-old man of Basti Jodhewal, a 56-year-old man of Shimlapuri, a 65-year-old man of Shivaji Nagar, and a 65-year-old woman of Prabhat Nagar.
Civil surgeon Dr Kiran Ahluwalia said the district casualty count has increased to 1,889 and that of outsiders to 936.
To date, 12,70,244 persons have been tested.
As many as 54 patients from outside Ludhiana too were confirmed to have contracted the virus.
The district’s case count is 81,525 and that of outsiders 10,574.
So far, 71,832 patients have recovered, which constitutes 88.11% of the total cases.
There are 7,804 active cases. On the day, 11,006 samples were collected.
Sixty patients are on ventilators. Of them, 33 are of Ludhiana.