19 test positive for Covid in Ludhiana

Tribune News Service

Ludhiana, July 6

Today 19 persons tested positive for Covid, while no death due to the disease was reported in the district. A total of 9,788 samples for Covid-19 were taken in the district and recovery rate of patients has reached at 97.36 per cent, while case fatality rate now is 2.40 per cent.

There are 210 active patients in the district at present and 84,769 patients have recovered till now.

A total of 22 patients — 19 from Ludhiana district and three from other states/districts — tested positive For Covid in the last 24 hours. Till date, a total of 17,77,200 samples have been taken, of which 16,78,604 samples were found negative. The total number of patients belonging to Ludhiana is 87,066 and total number of persons who have lost their lives to the disease is 2,087.

Today 9,788 samples of suspected patients were sent for testing. A total of 162 patients were sent for home isolation, while 29 are admitted to government/private hospitals and nine patients are on ventilator.