21-yr-old among 2 fatalities; 36 +ve
Tribune News Service
Ludhiana, December 31
Two persons, including a 21-year-old youth, lost their lives due to Covid-19 during the past 24 hours. Besides, 36 fresh cases of virus were reported from Ludhiana district.
Civil Surgeon Rajesh Bagga said 47 patients, including 36 from Ludhiana and 11 from other districts, tested positive for the virus. In Ludhiana district, 14 patients with influenza like illness visited the Flu Corner, nine visited the OPD and five came in contact with positive patients. Eight others, including, a healthcare worker and a patient with severe acute respiratory illness, tested positive for Covid.
Dr Bagga said three patients, including two from Ludhiana and one from Jalandhar district, died of the virus. As per information, a 60-year-old man from Khanna and a 21-year-old youth from Basti Jodhewal here lost their lives.
Now, the total number of patients related to Ludhiana is 24,773 while 3,698 patients belong to other districts and states. The total number of persons who lost their lives include 964 persons from Ludhiana and 447 from other districts.
Deputy Commissioner Varinder Kumar Sharma said at present, there were 333 active patients in the district.
He said till date, a total of 5,37,992 samples had been taken, of which reports of 5,36,442 had been received. Of these, 5,07,971 samples were found negative while reports of 1,550 were pending.
He said till date, 54,928 persons had been kept under home quarantine in the district and at present, the number of such persons was 1,287. Today, 49 persons were sent for home quarantine.
