21 fresh cases in dist, 13 from sealed areas

Manav Mander

Tribune News Service

Ludhiana, June 19

Today, 24 positive cases were reported in the city, of which 21 belong to Ludhiana district.

Three more cases were reported from the containment zone of Habib Ganj. Ten cases were reported from the containment zone of Prem Nagar.

A pregnant woman from Khanna also tested positive. Besides, three cases were reported from the CMCH. Two patients testing positive at the DMCH are residents of Sector 32 and Krishna Nagar.

228 active cases

There have been 35 cases from Jagraon, 11 from Raikot, 31 from Khanna, 20 from Samrala, 17 from Payal, 135 from Ludhiana East and 252 from Ludhiana West till now. The number of active positive cases in the district is 228. Today, 261 people were sent to home quarantine.

A 24-year-old resident of Sahnewal, who is a commando of the Punjab Police, tested positive at Chintpurni Medical college, Pathankot.

A 62-year-old woman from Basti Jodhewal was found infected at Fortis Hospital.

One case each is from Sangrur, Patiala and Moga.

Barnala resident succumbs

Meanwhile, a 33-year-old resident of Barnala died of Covid at Guru Teg Bahadur Charitable Hospital. The patient, who tested positive yesterday, died last night. The Civil Surgeon, Dr Rajesh Bagga, said: “It is the first time that any young patient has died of Covid. Generally, young people are known to have good immunity. Everybody should be extra careful and take all precautions, and never think that he/she is young and can go liberal with precautions,” said Dr Bagga.

SMO transferred

The Senior Medical Officer of Civil Hospital, Dr Geeta, has been transferred to the PHC, Sangrur, while Dr Amarjit Kaur, from PHC Sangrur, has been posted at Civil Hospital Ludhiana.

Senior citizen picked for sampling, later left to fend for herself

A 63-year-old woman from Durga Puri, Haibowal, who is under home quarantine, was taken to Civil Hospital by the health staff to collect her sample. The son of the elderly woman is already Covid positive. When she asked the ambulance staff to drop her back to her home, they refused. “I am an elderly woman and my son is already admitted. How they can ask me to go back on my own?,” she said. “I am a suspect patient and they are asking me to use public transport to reach home. Travelling in public transport poses risk to me as well as to others,” she added. Dr Bagga said there was some miscommunication and he felt sorry about the incident. It is the duty of the staff to assist a patient in going back home.

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