Woman dies, 32 test +ve

Tribune News Service

Ludhiana, June 26

Today 32 persons tested positive for Covid, while one woman lost her life due to the disease in the district. Now total positive cases in the district have reached 86,856, while 2,081 have lost their lives. There were 429 active cases in the district.

A total of 84,346 patients have recovered from Covid so far since March 2020. Now the recovery rate of the district is 97.11 per cent, while the case fatality rate is 2.40 per cent.

An 80-year-old woman from Shimlapuri, who was admitted to Civil Hospital, lost her life to the virus today.

A total of 16,74,601 samples have been collected in the district so far since last year. Today, 10,586 samples were collected from both government and private hospitals, while report of 46 samples is awaited.

Today 330 patients were under home isolation, while 68 were admitted to government/private hospitals, out of which 13 were on ventilator support.

Meanwhile, on the occasion of its seventh anniversary, Pavilion Mall organised a free Covid vaccination camp for all Ludhiana residents above 18 years of age. The camp was organised in collaboration with Dayanand Medical College and Hospital (DMC&H) and 350 people got their vaccination done during the camp.