Tribune News Service
Ludhiana, July 15

Today 16 persons tested positive for Covid, while one person lost his life to the virus in the district. There were 159 active cases in the district and recovery rate is 97.42 per cent.

Total positive cases in the district have reached 87,206, while 2,091 have lost their lives so far. Today 17 patients were admitted to private/government hospitals and one patient was on ventilator support.

A total of 18,62,318 samples have been taken, out of which 17,63,535 samples were found negative. Today samples of 10,014 persons were collected.

Till now 1,00,392 persons have been home quarantined and today 103 were sent for home isolation in the district.

Deputy Commissioner Varinder Sharma said despite the fact that cases are decreasing, people need to be vigilant as the virus is still here and everyone have to be very cautious.

“I request people to continue observing Covid-19 appropriate behaviour, including wearing masks, maintaining social distancing and hand hygiene,” said DC Sharma.