Two test positive in district

Tribune News Service

Ludhiana, September 11

Two persons tested positive for Covid, while no person lost his/her life to the disease today. The recovery rate of Covid-19 patients has reached 97.57 per cent. There are 27 active patients in the district and two patients are admitted to hospitals for Covid treatment at present.

Till date, a total of 23,70,902 samples have been taken, of which 22,71,737 samples were found negative. A total of four patients — two from Ludhiana and two from other states/districts — have tested positive in the last 24 hours.

The total number of patients belonging to Ludhiana is 87,497, while 11,668 patients belong to other districts/states.

The total number of persons who lost their lives to the disease is 2,098 from Ludhiana and 1,049 from other districts.

Samples of 8,436 suspected patients were sent for testing today and their results are expected shortly.

Deputy Commissioner Varinder Kumar Sharma appealed to the residents to adhere to all Covid safety protocols of the stateg government.