Ludhiana reports 308 new Covid-19 cses, 10 deaths in last 24 hours

LUDHIANA: Deputy Commissioner Varinder Sharma on Monday informed 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 said that there are 1,699 active patients in the district at present and 3,432 patients have been discharged after being recovered.
He said that sincere efforts are being made to keep people safe from Covid-19. He said that a total of 308 patients (280 new patients from district Ludhiana and 28 from other states/districts) have tested positive in last 24 hours time.
He further said that till date, a total of 72,995 samples have been taken, out of which report of 71,692 samples has been received, of 65,765 samples is negative and report of 1,303 samples is pending. He said that now, the total number of patients related to Ludhiana is 5,312, while 615 patients are related to other districts/states.
He said that 10 patients lost their lives on Monday and all of them were from Ludhiana. Now, the total number of persons who lost their lives include 178 people from Ludhiana and 45 from other districts.
He informed that till date, 25622 persons have been kept under home quarantine in the district and at present, the number of such persons is 4896. On Monday, 352 persons were sent for home quarantine.
He said that whenever district administration and health department Ludhiana finds out about any positive or suspected Covid-19 person, their samples are immediately sent for testing. Similarly, 827 samples of suspected patients were sent for testing on Monday and their results are expected shortly.
Sharma appealed to the residents to follow all directions of the Punjab government and if they would stay indoors, they would not only stay safe themselves, but would also contribute in keeping everyone around safe.