LUDHIANA: A resident of Ludhiana died of Covid-19 and nine tested positive on Sunday.
As per the health department bulletin, the deceased was a 54-year-old man of Jamalpur. He breathed his last at a hospital near Sherpur Chowk.
Civil surgeon Dr Kiran Ahluwalia said the district’s toll tally was 2,093 and that of outsiders here was 1,044.
To date, 18,90,940 persons have been tested.
Of the nine new cases, four were from OPD, two contacts of positive patients and three through tracing process. A patient from outside Ludhiana, too, tested positive here.
The local health department officials said the district’s case count was 87,230 and that of outsiders here was 11,583.
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Ludhiana: Delhi-based siblings, who suffered serious injuries in a road accident in Ludhiana, are struggling to get an FIR lodged even after five months. According to the victims, the police are asking them to change the statement to get the case registered.
The victims, Vijay Kumar Sachdeva, 49, a realtor from Krishna Nagar, New Delhi, and his sister, Sujata Bajaj, 52, have filed a fresh complaint with the commissioner of police, after which an inquiry has been marked.
The accident occurred on October 11, 2020, and Vijay suffered a pelvic bone injury and Sujata fractured a leg. Vijay said his maternal uncle, who lived in Ferozepur, had passed away and he was going there with his sister. They took a bus from Delhi and reached Ludhiana. From Sherpur Chowk they hired an auto to reach Ludhiana bus stand from where they were to take another bus to Ferozepur. He said when they were sitting in the auto, a white Swift Dzire car hit it near Sherpur Chowk. The auto overturned and the passer