Ludhiana district reported average two daily Covid cases last week

Nitin Jain

Tribune News Service

Ludhiana, October 4

Ludhiana district reported an average of two Covid cases daily in the last week, which was mere 6.06 per cent of the state’s daily average infections of 33, the government has confirmed.

The district’s daily virus count was third highest in the state and more than 14 other districts, five of which reported no case during the last week of September, the official figures have revealed.

The data of average daily positive cases from September 22 to 28, compiled by the Health and Family Welfare Department, a copy of which is with The Tribune, showed that Pathankot and Jalandhar remained the worst-hit districts by reporting the maximum of four daily Covid cases.

Officialspeak

As compared to the average daily positive cases and positivity rate, which have touched a record low, our pace of testing continues to remain high between 7,000 to 8,000 daily for tracing and treating patients, if any, at an early stage. —Varinder Kumar Sharma, Deputy Commissioner

While Mohali, Amritsar and Gurdaspur stood second with three daily infections, Ropar, Hoshiarpur and Ludhiana ranked third with an average of two virus cases every 24 hour.

Among other districts, Bathinda, Faridkot, Fatehgarh Sahib, Fazilka, Patiala, Tarn Taran, Ferozepur, Moga and Sangrur reported single daily count.

However, Barnala, Kapurthala, Muktsar, Mansa and Nawanshahr remained the safest districts with zero positive cases during the entire last week.

Meanwhile, the analysis of total testing, positive cases and positivity per day showed that even as the daily testing went down but the infections and hit rate kept rising in the state during the last week.

The official data indicated that the state conducted 37,519 tests, reported 47 positive cases at the hit rate of 0.1 per cent on September 22; 42,128 tests, 25 infections at 0.1 per cent on September 23; 34,832 tests, 23 cases at 0.1 per cent on September 24; 38,343 tests, 25 infections at 0.1 per cent on September 25; 34,737 tests, 33 cases at 0.1 per cent on September 26; 23,807 tests, 38 infections at 0.2 per cent on September 27; and 21,556 tests, 41 cases at the positivity rate of 0.2 per cent on September 28.

The weekly comparison revealed that the tests went down from 3,05,503 between August 11 and 17 to 2,96,530 between August 18 and 24; 3,05,429 between August 25 and 31; 2,85,667 between September 1 and 7; 2,77,012 between September 8 and 14; 2,68,856 between September 15 and 21; and 2,32,922 between September 22 and 28.

Similarly, the average positive cases also dipped from 444 between August 11 and 17 to 345 between August 18 and 24, 271 between August 25 and 31, 267 between September 1 and 7, 243 between September 8 and 14, 239 between September 15 and 21, and 232 between September 22 and 28.

While the average weekly positivity rate remained static at 0.1 per cent, the active cases also decreased from 543 between August 11 and 17 to 423 between August 18 and 24, 324 between August 25 and 31, 320 between September 1 and 7, 319 between September 8 and 14, 304 between September 15 and 21, and 299 between September 22 and 28.

The same was the case with the number of discharged patients, the count of which went down from 329 between August 11 and 17 to 444 between August 18 and 24, 295 between August 25 and 31, 251 between September 1 and 7, 216 between September 8 and 14, 228 between September 15 and 21, and 216 between September 22 and 28.