LUDHIANA: 1,773 new Covid-19 cases and 26 deaths were reported in Ludhiana on Saturday. There are 8839 active patients in the district at present. A total of 1773 patients (1600 new patients from district Ludhiana and 173 from other states/districts) have tested positive in the last 24 hours. The total number of persons who lost their lives include 1393 people from Ludhiana and 704 from other districts.