Eight Covid +ve, no death in Ludhiana

Tribune News Service

Ludhiana, July 16

Today, eight persons tested positive for Covid while no death was reported in the district.

Under the ‘Mission Fateh’ the number of Covid-19 patients getting cured in the district is increasing with each passing day and 84,975 patients have recovered so far. At present, the recovery rate is 97.43 per cent. There are 148 active patients in the district.

Till date, a total of 18,71,753 samples have been taken, of which 17,72,957 samples were found negative. The total number of patients related to Ludhiana is 87,214.

The total number of persons who lost their lives are 2,091. Today, 31 patients were admitted to various hospitals and one patient was on ventilator support. On Friday, 109 persons were home quarantined.

Whenever the district administration and the Health Department, Ludhiana, finds out about any positive or suspected Covid-19 person, their samples were immediately sent for testing. As many as 9,435 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-19 safety guidelines issued by the state government.