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60-year-old woman becomes Ludhiana’s 10th Covid casualty
This is the third death in a week; district currently has 80 active cases of Covid-19
A 60-year-old woman from Habib Gunj became the tenth Covid-19 casualty of Ludhiana district. Confirming this, civil surgeon Dr Rajesh Bagga said the patient was undergoing treatment at the Christian Medical College and Hospital (CMCH) and died during treatment on Saturday night.
She had been brought into the hospital on June 4 after she experienced a sudden fall in blood pressure. She was also found to be suffering from a chronic kidney disease and bilateral pneumonia, stated the public relations department of the hospital.
The department further stated that the patient was kept in the intensive care unit (ICU) on ventilator support. Her Covid-19 test results came in on Saturday, which declared her positive for the virus. She succumbed a few hours later.
THIRD DEATH IN A WEEK
Two other deaths had been witnessed in the last one week, which included an octogenarian ex-serviceman, who succumbed to the virus at Mohan Dai Oswal Cancer Hospital on June 2, and a 64- year-old resident of Jalandhar, who died at Dayanand Medical College and Hospital on June 3.
EIGHT FRESH CASES
Seven more persons tested positive for the virus on Sunday evening. One of the patients is a 40-year-old woman, who is a contact of Pritpal Singh of Chhawani Mohalla, who had succumbed to the virus on May 29.
An 11-year-old girl and a 13-year-old boy, who tested positive, are relatives of a 54-year-old woman who was admitted to Dayanand Medical College and Hospital earlier with the coronavirus disease. An 18-year-old contact of another positive patient has also tested positive.
A 48-year-old patient of Daad village is the sister of 54-year-old Covid-positive woman admitted at DMCH.
A contact of the doctor couple from Khanna has also tested positive.
Besides, a 40-year-old woman from Ambala, who is the sister of a patient from Khanna, has also tested positive. She won’t be counted in Ludhiana’s tally as she is a resident of Ambala.
The district currently has 80 active cases, of which, seven were found on Sunday evening. The district’s tally now stands at 254, not including the patients from other states or districts who tested positive here. As many as 164 patients have been cured so far, say health department officials.
