Ludhiana: Four residents of Ludhiana died of Covid-19 and 415 tested positive on Wednesday.
As per the health department bulletin, nine deaths were reported on the day. These included two patients each of Sangrur and Jalandhar and one of Hoshiarpur.
The Ludhiana casualties included an 86-year-old man of Sarabha Nagar, who had hypertension and coronary artery disease; a 67-year-old woman of Gill Road; a 55-year-old man of Guru Nanak Nagar with hypertension; and a 66-year-old man of Samrala, who had diabetes and hypertension.
Civil surgeon Dr Sukhjivan Kakkar said the district toll has risen to 1,186 and that of outsiders to 612.
To date, 8,21,465 persons have been tested.