3 fresh cases in Ludhiana, no death

Tribune News Service

Ludhiana, July 25

Three persons tested positive for Covid while no death was reported in the district today.

The recovery rate of Covid-19 patients has reached 97.53 per cent. Now, there are only 59 active patients in the district.

Today, a total of eight patients (three new patients from Ludhiana district and five from other states/districts) have tested positive in the past 24 hours. The total number of patients related to Ludhiana is 87,265, while 11,600 patients belong to other districts/states.

The total number of persons who lost their lives include 2,093 persons from Ludhiana and 1,045 from other districts.

Till date, a total of 19,51,663 samples have been taken, of which reports of 19,51,663 have been received. Of these, 18,52,798 samples were found negative. Whenever the district administration ore the Health Department, Ludhiana, finds out any positive or suspected Covid patient, the sample was sent for testing. AS any as 8,510 samples of suspected patients were sent for testing today and their results are expected shortly.

Deputy Commissioner Varinder Kumar Sharma appealed to residents to adhere to all Covid safety protocols.