Jamalpur man dies of Covid, 9 test positive

Ludhiana: A resident of Ludhiana died of Covid-19 and nine tested positive on Sunday.
As per the health department bulletin, the deceased was a 54-year-old man of Jamalpur. He breathed his last at a hospital near Sherpur Chowk.
Civil surgeon Dr Kiran Ahluwalia said the district’s toll tally was 2,093 and that of outsiders here was 1,044.
To date, 18,90,940 persons have been tested.
Of the nine new cases, four were from OPD, two contacts of positive patients and three through tracing process. A patient from outside Ludhiana, too, tested positive here.
The local health department officials said the district’s case count was 87,230 and that of outsiders here was 11,583.
So far, 85,007 patients have recovered, which constitutes 97.45% of the total cases.
There are 130 active cases. On Sunday, the number of samples collected was 9,678.
One patient, from outside Ludhiana, is on ventilator.