Covid-19: 6 test positive in Ludhiana district

Tribune News Service

Ludhiana, July 24

Today six persons tested positive for Covid, while no death due to the disease was reported in the district. The recovery rate now has reached 97.52 per cent and 85,097 patients have recovered so far.

Today there were only 72 active patients in the district.

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A total of seven patients — six from Ludhiana district and one from other states/districts — have tested positive in the last 24 hours. Till date, a total of 19,43,153 samples have been taken, out of which reports of 19,43,153 have been received. As many as 18,44,296 samples were found negative. Similarly, 9,018 samples of suspected patients were sent for testing today and their results are expected shortly.

Now, the total number of patients belonging to Ludhiana is 87,262, while 11,595 patients belong to other districts/states. Total number of persons who lost their lives is 2,093 from Ludhiana and 1,045 from other districts.