Nine test positive for Covid in Ludhiana district

Tribune News Service

Ludhiana, December 5

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

The recovery rate of Covid-19 patients has reached at 97.56 per cent and there are 28 active cases in the district at present. Twenty-four patients were asked to undergo home isolation today.

A total of 10 patients — four belonging to Ludhiana and six to other districts — are undergoing treatment for Covid at various city hospitals.

Till date, a total of 29,14,515 samples for Covid test have been taken, of which 28,15,091 samples were found negative. The total number of patients belonging to Ludhiana is 87,680, while 11,744 patients belong to other districts/states.

The total number of patients who lost their lives to Covid is 2,111 from Ludhiana and 1,060 from other districts.

Samples of 5,018 suspected patients were sent for testing today and their results are expected shortly.