LUDHIANA: Ludhiana on Saturday reported 24 new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours. He said that there are 282 active patients in the district at present. Till date, a total of 17,48,203 samples have been taken, out of which a report of 17,48,198 samples have been received. 16,49,656 samples were found negative while reports of 5 samples were pending. The total number of persons who lost their lives include 2,086 from Ludhiana and 1,041 from other districts.