5 test positive in Ludhiana district

Tribune News Service

Ludhiana, August 2

Five persons tested positive for Covid, while no death due to the disease was reported in the district today. The recovery rate of Covid-19 patients has reached 97.54 per cent. Till now 85,163 patients have recovered so far.

Six patients — five patients from Ludhiana district and one from other states/districts — tested positive in the last 24 hours.

Till date 20,16,275 samples have been taken and reports of all of them have been received. As many as 19,17,357 samples were found negative.

The total number of patients belonging to Ludhiana is 87,307, while 11,611 patients belong to other districts/states. The total number of persons who lost their lives is 2,093 from Ludhiana and 1,047 from other districts.

Samples of 7,071 suspected Covid patients were sent for testing today and their results are expected shortly.