Tribune News Service

Ludhiana, December 23

Six persons tested positive for Covid, while no loss of life due to the disease was reported in the district today.

Out of the six fresh cases, four are international travellers. All the six persons belong to the same family from Phase I, Dugri. Three persons have returned from the USA, while one from Canada.

“All the four persons have been home isolated as they have mild symptoms. Their samples have been sent for genome sequencing and tomorrow team will be going at their home for contact tracing,” said Civil Surgeon, Dr SP Singh.

The recovery rate of Covid-19 patients has reached 97.55 per cent and there are 34 active cases in the district at present. Thirty-one patients were asked to undergo home isolation today.

Till date, a total of 29,87,132 samples for Covid test have been taken, of which 28,87,630 were found negative. The total number of patients belonging to Ludhiana is 87,741, while 11,761 patients belong to other districts/states.

Total number of patients who lost their lives to Covid is 2,116 from Ludhiana and 1,061 from other districts.

Samples of 3,703 suspected patients were sent for testing today and their results are expected shortly.

Deputy Commissioner Varinder Kumar Sharma appealed to the residents to adhere to all safety protocols, like wearing masks, maintaining social distance and washing hands frequently.