Covid recovery rate improves to 86.06%

Ludhiana: Here is some good news for Ludhiana. The Covid-19 recovery rate of the district has improved by more than 6% in the past 15 days. Recovery rate is the percentage of cured patients of the total Covid-19 positive cases in a geographical area.
As per the recent state media bulletin, the cured percentage for Ludhiana on May 22 was 86.06%. On May 9, it was 79.70%—the lowest since September last. It thereafter increased and crossed 85% on May 21 before reaching the current value. On April 25, it was 83.03% and 87.85% on April 16.
The data derived from the state media bulletin shows that the cured rate went below 95% after January 24. There was a drastic fall from March 1, when it was 94%. By March 22, it fell to 90% and reached 88% on March 27. It remained the same for around 20 days before falling below 88% on April 16 and then to the minimum value.
Ludhiana is 11th in the state on cured rate list. Patiala is at number one spot with 90.34%, SBS Nagar second (90.3%) and Jalandhar third (89.25%). Muktsar has the lowest rate of 72.8%.
Civil surgeon Dr Kiran Ahluwalia said, “The daily cases and positivity rate have decreased and so, recovery rate has improved.”
Dist vs state
Ludhiana’s cured percentage is 86.06% and Punjab’s 86.08%.