Covid claims 4 lives, infects 438 in district

Ludhiana: Four residents of Ludhiana died of Covid-19 and 438 tested positive on Friday.
A patient of Fatehgarh Sahib district, too, succumbed at a city hospital.
The district casualties included a 60-year-old woman of Rajgarh, who had hypertension and asthma; a 41-year-old woman of Basant Avenue, who had diabetes and hypertension; a 58-year-old woman of Fatehgarh Mohalla, who had hypertension; and a 61-year-old diabetic man of Jassowal.
Civil surgeon Dr Sukhjivan Kakkar said the district toll has increased to 1,194 and that of outsiders to 616.
To date, 8,30,380 persons have been tested.
Of the 438 new cases, 225 were from flu corner, 69 from OPD, 34 contacts of positive patients, 97 through tracing process, two healthcare workers, two cops, one ANC, two pre-operative cases and six teachers (one each of a government school in Jandali, a government school in Ayali Khurd, a public school on Hambhara Road, a government school in Dashmesh Nagar and two of a college).”
As many as 87 patients from outside Ludhiana, too, tested positive here.
The district case count is 38,052 and that of outsiders 5,999.
So far, 33,665 patients have recovered, which constitutes 88.47% of the total cases.
There are 3,293 active cases. The number of persons home quarantined is 5,597.
On Friday, 379 persons were quarantined and 4,276 samples collected.
Seventeen patients are on ventilators. Of them, eight are from Ludhiana.