PAU Vice-Chancellor, wife test +ve for Covid
Tribune News Service
Ludhiana, October 5
The Punjab Agricultural University Vice-Chancellor, Dr Baldev Singh Dhillon, has tested positive for Covid-19. His wife has also tested positive for the virus. The Vice-Chancellor (VC) office located in Thapar Hall has been sealed for a few days.
Few employees and officials quarantined themselves after the VC tested positive. This is not the first time that any university official has tested positive for the virus. In July and August, too, university was shut after some employees contracted virus.
Today, 160 people from the district tested positive for Covid while eight succumbed to the virus. The age group of those, who lost their lives to Covid, was between 20 to to 80 years. The youngest to lose her life today was a 20-year-old woman, who was admitted at the DMCH. A 29-year-old man from Dhandra Road, who was suffering from diabetes, also died due to the virus today.
Three people, including two men and a woman, in the age group of 50 years also died due to the virus. They belonged to the Civil Lines, Goandwal village and Abdullapur Basti, respectively.
Two women aged 64 and 61 lost their lives to Covid-19. They belonged to Ajit Singh Nagar and Rajguru Nagar, respectively. One was suffering from hypertension and another was a patient of diabetes and hypertension.
An 84-year-old man from Kitchlu Nagar, who was a patient of hypertension and coronary artery disease, also succumbed to coronavirus.
Those who tested positive, include 17 people, who were contacts of Covid patients, 83 were referred from OPDs, 38 from flu corners and 19 were still under tracing.
The Ludhiana Deputy Commissioner (DC), Varinder Sharma, said, “In all, 160 patients from the Ludhiana district have tested positive during the last 24 hours.”
“Till date, 2,97,860 samples have been collected, out of which report of 2,96,673 samples has arrived. As many as 2,75,648 samples are negative while report of 1,187 samples is pending. Now, the total number of Covid patients related to Ludhiana is 18,654,” the DC added. “Till now, 44,553 persons have been home quarantined in the district. Their present number is 2,800. Today, 180 persons have been home quarantined,” the DC said.
