One tests Covid +ve in Ludhiana district

Tribune News Service

Ludhiana, October 18

One person tested positive for Covid, while no death due to the disease was reported in the district today. The recovery rate of Covid-19 patients has reached 97.57 per cent and there are 20 active patients in the district at present.

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

Till date, a total of 26,26,318 samples for Covid test have been taken, of which 25,27,054 samples were found negative. Now, the total number of patients belonging to Ludhiana is 87,574, while 11,690 patients belong to other districts/states.

The total number of patients who lost their lives is 2,104 from Ludhiana and 1,052 from other districts.

Samples of 6,316 suspected patients were sent for testing today and their results are expected shortly.