Daily test sampling doubles in 2nd wave

Nitin Jain
Tribune News Service
Ludhiana, May 10

As the second Covid wave has been ringing alarm bells with daily cases and deaths touching new high, the district administration has ramped up the sampling to test, trace and treat the virus patients in Ludhiana.

The sampling touched a record high of 8,594 in a week between April 19 and 25, which was almost double than the highest of 4,810 samples collected during the first wave in the district between September 14 and 20.

The analysis of comparative data done by the district administration, a copy of which is with The Tribune, revealed that after touching a high of 8,594 samples, the district collected 7,840 samples between April 26 and May 2.

The sampling gradually rose from 1,927 between December 28 and January 3 to 2,239 between January 4 and 10; 1,988 between January 11 and 17; 2,009 between January 18 and 24; 2,053 between January 25 and 31; 1,961 between February 1 and 7; 2,405 between February 8 and 14; 2,397 between February 15 and 21; 2,502 between February 22 and 28; 3,736 between March 1 and 7; 3,830 between March 8 and 14; 3,761 between March 15 and 21; 4,848 between March 22 and 28; 4,103 between March 29 and April 4; 4,457 between April 5 and 11; and touching 6,865 between April 12 and 18.

Comparatively, the sampling had begun from 925 between August 3 and 9 last year to go up to 1,826 between August 10 and 16; 3,018 between August 17 and 23; 3,893 between August 24 and 30; 4,005 between August 31 and September 6; 4,720 between September 7 and 13; before touching the peak at 4,810 between September 14 and 20.

Thereafter, the sampling kept falling to 4,598 between September 21 and 27; 4,068 between September 28 and October 4; 4,319 between October 5 and 11; 3,865 between October 12 and 18; 3,384 between October 19 and 25; 2,438 between October 26 and November 1; 1,955 between November 2 and 8; 1,969 between November 9 and 15; 2,170 between November 16 and 22; before rising to 3,272 between November 23 and 29 and once again decreasing to 3,121 between November 30 and December 6; 2,775 between December 7 and 13; 2,496 between December 14 and 20: and 2,165 between December 21 and 27.