One fresh Covid case in Ludhiana district

Tribune News Service

Ludhiana, October 22

One person tested positive for Covid and no death due to the disease was reported in the district today. The recovery rate of Covid-19 patients has reached 97.56 per cent and there are 30 active patients in the district at present.

Ten patients — five from Ludhiana and five from other districts — are undergoing treatment for Covid at various hospitals in the city.

Total three patients — one from Ludhiana and two from other states/districts tested positive for the virus in the last 24 hours.

Till date, a total of 26,55,026 samples for Covid test have been taken, of which 25,55,735 were found negative. Now, the total number of patients belonging to Ludhiana is 87,591, while 11,700 patients belong to other districts/states.

The total number of patients who lost their lives to Covid is 2,105 from Ludhiana and 1,053 from other districts.

Samples of 7,353 suspected patients were sent for testing today and their results are expected shortly.