Ludhiana: After over a year, active cases below 200-mark

LUDHIANA: After more than a year, active cases in Ludhiana have fallen below the 200-mark.
As per the state media bulletin, the number of active cases in the district was 197 on Wednesday. The second lowest count, in the period, was on October 26 last, when the figure was 208.
There were 328 active cases on July 1; 306 on July 2; 282 on July 3; 255 on July 4; 223 on July 5; and 210 on July 6.
In the previous month, the active cases fell from 3,916 on June 1 to 326 on June 30.
The highest number of active cases (3,867) during the first wave was recorded on August 22 last. In the second wave, record 13,217 active cases were logged on May 16.
District epidemiologist Dr Ramesh Bhagat said, “The count has decreased as the positivity rate has dipped in the district.”
“People should not get complacent and follow Covid-appropriate behaviour of wearing a mask, maintaining social distance and hand hygiene,” said former SMO Dr Rajinder Gulati.