No Covid death, 32 more test positive in Ludhiana

LUDHIANA: Even as no death due to Covid was reported here on Sunday, 32 residents of the district tested positive.
Civil surgeon Dr Kiran Ahluwalia said the district’s toll stood at 2,081 and that of outsiders here at 1,038.
To date, 16,85,184 persons have been tested. Of the 32 new cases, 16 were from OPD, 11 with influenza-like illness, one undertrial, one severe acute respiratory infection case and three through tracing process. Three patients from outside Ludhiana, too, tested positive here.
The local health department officials said the district’s case count is 86,888 and that of outsiders here is 11,483.
So far, 84,410 patients have recovered, which constitutes 97.15% of the total cases.
There are 397 active cases. On Sunday, the number of samples collected was 10,583.
Twelve patients are on ventilators. Of them, five are of Ludhiana.