Ludhiana: The district recorded its highest single-day Covid-19 case count of 995 on Friday. A day before, 880 residents the second highest tally were confirmed to have contracted the disease.
As per the health department bulletin, 13 Covid deaths were reported on the day. Of them, eight were residents of Ludhiana and one each of Barnala, Jalandhar, Faridkot, Delhi and Jharkhand.
The district casualties included a 56-year-old diabetic man of Mohan Singh Nagar, a 66-year-old diabetic man of Basti Jodhewal, a 78-year-old diabetic woman of Madhuvan Enclave, a 61-year-old man of Basant Avenue, Dugri, with hypertension, a 51-year-old man of Mundiyan Kalan, a 62-year-old man of Ludhiana with hypertension and coronary artery disease, a 65-year-old woman of Khanna with hypertension, and a 36-year-old diabetic man of Hambhara village.