Ludhiana district records 5-month low of 17 Covid cases & 1 death

LUDHIANA: After more than five months, Ludhiana recorded a low of 17 cases on Wednesday. A 30-year-old woman of Mohi village died of the disease at civil hospital.
Civil surgeon Dr Kiran Ahluwalia said the district’s toll has increased to 2,086 and that of outsiders here to 1,040.
To date, 17,15,079 persons have been tested.
Five patients from outside Ludhiana, too, tested positive here on the day.
The local health department officials said the district’s case count is 86,964 and that of outsiders here is 11,503.
So far, 84,552 patients have recovered, which constitutes 97.23% of the total cases.
There are 326 active cases. On Wednesday, the number of samples taken was 11,481.
There are 274 ventilators in private hospitals. These include four of the government at CMCH.
Six patients are on ventilators. Of them, one is of Ludhiana.