5 dead, 201 test positive in Ludhiana

Tribune News Service

Ludhiana, June 5

As many as 201 persons tested positive for Covid, while five persons lost their lives to the virus in the district today. Total confirmed positive cases have now reached 85,251, while 2,026 have lost their lives since March 2020.

Those who tested positive include two undertrials and one pre-operative case, while tracing of 35 patients is still in process.

Four men and a woman, belonging to Khanna, Haibowal Kalan, Mall Road, Millergunj and Rishi Nagar, died of Covid.

The active cases in the district were 2,827. As many as 97 Covid patients were admitted to government hospitals and 296 to private hospitals. Forty patients were on ventilator support.

Meanwhile, giving an overwhelming response to the appeal of Deputy Commissioner Varinder Kumar Sharma, the Ludhiana Jewellers Association on Saturday sponsored vaccine for its members, workers and consumers and held a vaccination camp at the local Sutlej Club.

Inaugurating the inoculation camp for persons aged between 18 and 44 years, MLA Surinder Dawar and Deputy Commissioner Varinder Kumar Sharma along with Additional Deputy Commissioner Sandeep Kumar appreciated the jewellers’ association and said this would set an example for other trade bodies and individuals to donate vaccine for the needy persons in this age bracket.

They also planted a sapling in the club to observe World Environment Day.