Ludhiana: Covid claims 8 lives, 200 test positive

LUDHIANA: Eight residents of Ludhiana died of Covid-19 and 200 tested positive on Friday.
As per the health department bulletin, 10 deaths were reported on the day. Of these, eight patients were of Ludhiana and one each of Mohali and Jalandhar.
The district casualties included a 73-year-old man of Salem Tabri, a 79-year-old man of Gokul Road, a 27-year-old woman of Gosal village, a 32-year-old man of Kartar Nagar, a 70-year-old man of Littar village, a 56-year-old man of Paddi village, a 56-year-old man of Dadahur village, and a 50-year-old man of Charr village in Bagga Khurd.
Civil surgeon Dr Kiran Ahluwalia said the district’s toll tally has increased to 2,021 and that of outsiders to 1,000. To date, 14,27,694 persons have been tested. As many as 39 patients from outside Ludhiana too tested positive here on the day. The district’s case count is 85,050 and that of outsiders is 11,117.
So far, 79,965 patients have recovered, which constitutes 94.02% of the total cases. There are 3,064 active cases. On Friday, the number of samples taken was 14,070.
Thirty-eight patients are on ventilators. Of them, 16 are of Ludhiana.