Another day, new record: 1,389 fresh cases

Ludhiana: Fresh cases exploded to a new peak of 1,389 in a single-day in the district on Sunday. The second highest tally was recorded on April 23, when 995 residents had tested positive.
According to the health department bulletin, 15 deaths were reported on the day. Of them, nine patients were of Ludhiana, two each of Mansa and Delhi and one each of Patiala and Himachal Pradesh.
The district casualties included a 50-year-old man of Jodhan; a 53-year-old man of Janakpuri, who had diabetes and hypertension; a 70-year-old man of Sita Nagar; a 50-year-old diabetic man of Himmat Singh Nagar, a 72-year-old man of Shimlapuri, who had hypertension; a 62-year-old man of Fatehpur with hypertension and diabetes; a 29-year-old Sahnewal Khurd patient; a 44-year-old diabetic man of Model Town, and a 65-year-old man of Maharaj Nagar.
Civil surgeon Dr Sukhjivan Kakkar said Ludhiana’s toll tally has increased to 1,299 and that of outsiders to 670.
To date, 9,48,150 persons have been tested.
Of the 1,389 new cases, 705 were from flu corner, 239 from OPD, 109 contacts of positive patients, 307 through tracing process, 10 healthcare workers, six ANC, 10 severe acute respiratory infection (SARI) cases, one undertrial and two pre-operative cases. Besides, 171 patients from outside Ludhiana tested positive here.
The local health department officials said the district case count is 49,603 and that of outsiders 7,398. There are 7,117 active cases.
So far, 41,187 patients have recovered, which constitutes 83.03% of the total cases.
The number of persons home quarantined is 8,149.
On Sunday, 712 persons were quarantined and 8,826 samples collected.
Twenty-two patients are on ventilators. Of them, 12 are of Ludhiana.