1 dead, two Omicron patients among 509 new cases in Ludhiana district

Tribune News Service

Ludhiana, January 9

As many as 509 persons tested positive for Covid, including two for the Omicron variant, in the district today. Now, a total of five Omicron cases have been detected in the district so far.

Today’s two cases are international travellers who had returned from the UK and tested positive at the airport. Both of them were quarantined in Delhi and their samples were sent for genome sequencing. They returned today after completing their isolation period. One person belongs to BRS Nagar and another to Kitchlu Nagar. The Health Department will be retesting both the persons for Covid tomorrow.

Today, one patient lost his life to the disease. The deceased was a 44-year-old man from Basti Jodhewal and was admitted to Christian Medical College and Hospital.

Now, the total number of patients who lost their lives to Covid has reached 2,121. Till date, the total number of patients belonging to Ludhiana is 89,933, while 12,036 patients belong to other districts/states.

Those tested positive today also include 47 healthcare workers, two international travellers from the UK and one cop.

Today the active cases jumped to 2,143, while yesterday the active cases were 1,651. Today 2,102 patients were asked to undergo home isolation by the Health Department.

At present there are 63 patients admitted to various private and government hospitals. Out of these 41 patients belong to Ludhiana, while 22 are from other districts.

The recovery rate of Covid-19 patients has dipped further to 95.26 per cent.

Till date, a total of 30,35,487 samples for Covid test have been taken, of which 29,33,518 were found negative.

Samples of 4,800 suspected patients were sent for testing today and their results are expected shortly.