One dead, three test positive for Covid in Ludhiana district

Tribune News Service

Ludhiana, October 5

Three persons tested positive for Covid, while one person lost his life to the disease in the district today. One Covid patient is undergoing treatment at present and 11 patients were sent for home isolation. The recovery rate of Covid-19 patients has reached at 97.58 per cent.

There are 14 active patients in the district at present. Today four patients — three from Ludhiana and one from other state/district — have tested positive in the last 24 hours.

Till date, a total of 25,43,088 samples have been taken, of which 24,43,857 samples were found negative. The total number of patients belonging to Ludhiana is 87,548, while 11,683 patients belong to other districts/states.

The total number of patients who lost their lives is 2,103 from Ludhiana and 1,052 from other districts.

Samples of 5,966 suspected patients were sent for testing today and their results are expected shortly.