Ludhiana: The district reported 597 new cases of Covid-19 on Sunday and 32 deaths, including twenty from Ludhiana district. On May 10 and 11, 30 people from the city had died, which was highest figures for the district.
Among the deaths, two each were from Fatehgarh Sahib, Ropar, Sangrur and Muktsar, while one each from Barnala, Pathankot, and Faridkot. The Ludhiana patients who died included a Madhopuri man of 51 and an Ashok Nagar resident of 56, who died at in the same hospital, a Shimlapuri woman of 71, who died at the civil hospital, a 50-year-old woman from near Atma Jain Hospital, Khanna woman of 61, who died at a Doraha hospital, a Khanna man of 45, who died at a Khanna hospital, a Dhandra woman of 70, who died at a city hospital, a man of 73 from Lalouri Kalan, who died at Khanna, a man of 65 years from Basti Jodhewal, a man of 54 from Haibowal Kalan,, a man of 70 from Jawaddi Kalan, a man of 32 from Pamali, a woman of 25 from Khanna, a woman of 65 from Dugri, and a woman o
Tribune News Service
Ludhiana, December 18
Four persons lost their lives to Covid, while 75 tested positive for it in the district today. Those who lost their lives included two men and two women.
With this, the total positive patients in the district has gone up to 24,259 and the death toll has risen to 947 after today’s four deaths.
At present, there are 599 active patients in the district and 94 people were home quarantined today. The active home quarantined persons now are 2,229.
Two females who lost their lives today were aged 68 and 65. They belonged to the Civil Lines and Janta Nagar, respectively. The 68-year-old woman had the co-morbidity of diabetes, hypertension and chronic kidney disease. Two men who succumbed to the virus today were both 61-year-old and belonged to Janta Nagar and Daba Lohara Road. Both were suffering from diabetes.