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64-year-old diabetic man latest Covid patient in Ludhiana, district count reaches 124
Kabir Nagar resident also suffers from hypertension, diabetes and asthma
A 64-year-old man from Kabir Nagar was found positive for Covid-19 on Wednesday evening, taking the district count to 124.
A patient of hypertension, diabetes and asthma, the man had first visited a private clinic a week ago with complaint of breathlessness, and was referred to the civil hospital.
After he visited the civil hospital on Sunday, his sample was collected, which returned positive result on Wednesday. He has been admitted to the isolation ward of the hospital.
Deputy commissioner Pradeep Kumar Agrawal said so far 3,608 samples had been tested in the district, of which 3,124 were negative and 124 positive.
Among the 124 patients, six patients have been discharged, while five have succumbed to the disease.
On Tuesday, 14 new cases were confirmed in the district.
Meanwhile, suspected Covid-19 patients who have tested negative are being shifted to their respective villages from the isolation centre set up at the Senior Secondary Residential School for Meritorious Students in Ludhiana.
They have been directed to remain in home quarantine for 14 days.
On Wednesday, five people were sent to Jugiana village in the presence of MC additional commissioner-cum-nodal officer Sanyam Aggarwal and Ludhiana (West) sub-divisional magistrate (SDM) Amrinder Singh Malhi.
Aggarwal said 247 people, who were either asymptomatic or had few symptoms were isolated at the schools, of which 22 students, who had returned from Kota in Rajasthan, had been moved to the quarantine centre at Parker House on the Punjab Agricultural University campus.
Another 40 people have been shifted to their villages.
Chief minister Capt Amarinder Singh had ordered that people returning from other states will remain quarantined in government isolation centres for 14 days.
