Barnala man, 33, is youngest to succumb to Covid-19

Barnala man, 33, is youngest
to succumb to Covid-19
Second Casualty: Moga Man Who Came To City Hosp Dies Hrs After Discharge
Ludhiana: A 33-year-old man from Barnala succumbed to Covid-19 at Guru Teg Bahadur Sahib Charitable Hospital, Model Town, on Friday. With him, the district’s death count has reached 25, including 12 from outside.
Dr Ramesh Bhagat, district epidemiologist, said, “The patient didn’t have any comorbidity.He was the youngest patient who succumbed in Ludhiana.”
The other casualty is a 55-year-old man from Moga who died at his place hours after he was discharged from a private hospital here. Dr Geeti Puri, nodal officer of Mohandai Oswal Hospital, said, “He came to us on June 17 and prior to that he was taking treatment in Jalandhar. The 55-year-old was a patient of liver cancer and a chronic alcoholic for the past 20 years. He came with complaints of abscess formation in stomach. When we admitted him to ICU, he was asymptomatic. His sample was sent to a Delhi lab on June 17, but the next day his condition deteriorated and he was put on oxygen support. Later, his relatives asked for leave against medical advice (LAMA). On June 18 afternoon, they took him and report came around 10.15pm, saying he was positive. The family was immediately informed.”
He was sent for a follow-up treatment to civil hospital, Moga, where he succumbed at 11pm.
39 test positive
Thirty-nine patients tested positive for Covid-19 in the district on Friday. At present, 228 patients from Ludhiana and 44 from outside are admitted to city hospitals as active cases. Besides, a resident of Ludhiana has tested positive at Pathankot. The day saw six patients getting discharged in the city.
13 from containment zones
Thirteen cases were reported from containment zones. Two women and a man from Habib Ganj took the tally of the containment zone to 58 and 10 cases were reported from Prem Nagar, which has 29 cases now.
Pregnant woman positive
Out of the 10 pending reports from Khanna civil hospital, a 21-year-old pregnant woman tested positive. A rapid response team shifted the patient to the civil hospital isolation ward and quarantined her close contacts, who will be tested on Saturday.
Eight from private hospitals
Eight patients from private hospitals have tested positive. They include five from CMCH, 10 from DMCH and one from Mohandai Oswal Hospital who is 65-year-old wife of a Basti Jodhewal man who had succumbed to Covid-19 two days ago.
8 contacts
Besides, eight contacts of positive patients have contracted the virus. They include: a 28-year-old man of Kulhar village; a 65-year-old woman of Raikot; manager, 56, of J&K Bank;
Punjab Police commando, 24, from Sahnewal; Moga woman, 24; Patiala man, 38; Delhi resident, 44; Moga woman, 29.
CMCH doctor
After a CMCH plastic surgeon tested positive for Covid-19, as many as 11 healthcare workers were quarantined.
Containment zones
Chawni Mohalla: 42
Prem Nagar: 29
Habib Ganj, Islam Ganj, Sensi Mohalla: 58
Micro containment zones
New Model Town: 6
New Janta Nagar: 10
Bhamia Road: 9
High priority areas
1. Chandar Nagar
2. Madhopuri
3. Doraha
4. Khanna
5. Samrala
6. Bopur village
7. Ishwer Nagar
8. SAS Nagar
9. Model Town Extension