Covid-19: Six of district die, all had comorbidities

LUDHIANA: Seven persons died of Covid-19 on Tuesday, when 161 positive cases, including 146 from the district, were reported. Among the casualties is a 75-year-old man from Amritsar.
Chief medical officer Dr Rajesh Bagga said the rest of the six casualties are of Ludhiana residents.
A 69-year-old diabetic man from Chawni Mohalla died at the civil hospital, a 67-year-old hypertensive and diabetic man from Janta Nagar died at Fortis Hospital, a 68-year-old woman, who was also hypertensive and diabetic, died at SPS Hospital, a 75-year-old man of Shimlapuri died at Rajindra Hospital in Patiala, a 61-year-old man of Salem Tabri died at Mohan Dai Oswal Hospital and a 51-year-old woman from Janta Nagar, who was a TB patient, died at SPS Hospital.
With these deaths, Ludhiana toll tally has reached 71, and 37 from outside have died here so far.
Health department said on Tuesday, 101 positive reports were received from GMC, Patiala, of which 94 were from the district and one each from Jalandhar, Fatehgarh Sahib, Ferozepur, Mansa, Sangrur, Fazilka and Jammu and Kashmir. The district positive cases include nine from Uttam Nagar of Chandigarh Road, 10 from Jamalpur, five from BRS Nagar, four each from Model Town Extension and Dugri, three each from Focal Point, Shimlapuri, Ashok Nagar, Jagraon, Sahnewal, two each from Mundiya Khurd, Salem Tabri, Ghumar Mandi, Sarabha Nagar, Halwara.
One case each was reported from Sherpur, Dhandari, Choti Mundiya, Jeevan Nagar, Moti Nagar, Tajpur Road, Basti Jodhewal, Habib Road, Haibowal, Baba Deep Singh Nagar of Sherpur, Kailash Nagar, Guru Angad Dev Colony, Barewal, Pakhowal Road, Chandar Nagar, Kot Sekha, Pamali, Gujjarwal, Sudhar, Dugrapuri of Haibowal, Mandi Mullanpur, Chandigarh Road, Kanganwal, Puneet Nagar, Bhagat Avenue, EWS Colony, Muslim Colony, Tibba Road, Rishi Nagar, Pratap Chowk, Daba Colony, Ram Wasli Mohalla, Shahpur Road, Rajguru Nagar, Green Valley of Haibowal, Ambedkar Colony and Kitchlu Nagar.
Health officials said 60 positive reports were received from private hospitals and laboratories, of which 52 were from the district, three from Amritsar and one each from Bathinda, Sangrur, Jalandhar, Mansa and Rajasthan.
These 52 positive cases include six from Civil Lines, five from Basti Jodhewal, four from Barewal Road, three from Rose Enclave, two each from Shimalpuri, Rajguru Nagar, Dugri, Kakowal Road and one each from Kutbewal Gujjran, Krishna Nagar, Bagga Khurd, South City of Ayali Khurd, Focal Point, Dugri Road, Jawaddi Khurd, Bazaran Mohalla, SBS Nagar, Rishi Nagar, Kitchlu Nagar, Ambedkar Nagar, Karnail Singh Nagar, BRS Nagar, Rahon Road, Baba Deep Singh Nagar of Focal Point, Maya Nagar, Barewal, Shastri Nagar, Ayali Khurd, Bagga Kalan, Ghaloti, Jamalpur, Lalton Kalan, Bhagwan Nagar and Gurdev Nagar.
The positive cases include six healthcare workers from Bhagwan Nagar, Lalton Kalan, Sukhdev Nagar of Jamalpur, Basant Avenue of Dugri, Raman Enclave of Rishi Nagar, Bazaran Mohalla and one from Central Post Office, Bagga Kalan.
Health department officials said till now 2,833 patients from Ludhiana district and 410 from outside have tested positive. They said on Tuesday, 680 samples were sent for testing.