LUDHIANA: Ludhiana deputy commissioner Varinder Sharma on Thursday said that under the Mission Fateh of the Punjab government, the number of
Covid-19 patients getting cured in the district is increasing by day.
He said that there are 510 active patients in the district at present.
Sharma said that a total of 82 patients -- 65 new patients from Ludhiana district and 17 from other states/districts -- have tested positive in the last 24 hours.
Till date, a total of 3,98,412 samples have been taken, out of which a report of 3,96,758 samples has been received, of which 3,73,346 samples were found negative while a report of 1,654 samples was pending. He said that now, the total number of patients related to Ludhiana is 20,585, while 2,827 patients are related to other districts/states, the deputy commissioner said.
He said that three patients lost their lives on Thursday: two from Ludhiana district and one from Himachal Pradesh. Now, the total number of persons who lost their lives include 844 people from Ludhiana and 330 from other districts.
He said that till date, 47,368 persons have been kept under home quarantine in the district and at present, the number of such persons is 1,017. On Thursday, 67 persons were home quarantined.