After 4 months, low count of 36 cases; 1 dies

Ludhiana: After more than four months, the daily Covid case count was recorded at a low of 36 on Sunday. On February 18, as many as 25 residents had tested positive.
As per the health department bulletin, three deaths were reported here on the day. Of these, a patient each was of Ludhiana, Sangrur and Jammu.
The deceased from the district is a 76-year-old woman of Kitchlu Nagar, who died at a city hospital.
Civil surgeon Dr Kiran Ahluwalia said the district’s toll tally has increased to 2,076 and that of outsiders here to 1,030.
To date, 16,10,961 persons have been tested. As many as 13 patients from outside Ludhiana too tested positive here on the day.
The local health department officials said the district’s case count is 86,638 and that of outsiders here is 11,433.
So far, 83,845 patients have recovered, which constitutes 96.78% of the total cases.
There are 717 active cases. On Sunday, the number of samples collected was 11,412.
Eighteen patients are on ventilators. Of them, seven are from Ludhiana.
On May 9, the district had logged its highest one-day case count of 1,729.