Punjab: 586 Covid-19 active patients in district Ludhiana

LUDHIANA: Deputy commissioner Varinder Sharma on Saturday informed that there are 586 active patients in the district at present and they are undergoing treatment at different government hospitals.
He said that under the “Mission Fateh” of the Punjab government, the number of Covid-19 patients getting cured in district Ludhiana is increasing with each passing day.
He further said that till date, a total of 36,902 samples have been taken, out of which reports of 35725 samples has been received, of 34,518 samples are negative and reports of 1,177 samples are pending. He said that now, the total number of patients related to Ludhiana is 993, while 214 patients are related to other districts/states.
He said that unfortunately 24 people from Ludhiana and 25 from other districts have lost their lives.
He informed that till date, 14620 persons have been kept under home quarantine in the district and at present, the number of such persons is 2,724. Today, 238 persons were sent for home quarantine.
He said that whenever district administration and health department Ludhiana find out that about any positive or suspected Covid-19 person, their samples are immediately sent for testing. Similarly, 1,012 samples of suspected patients were sent for testing today and their results are expected shortly.