Three more die of Covid; 39 test +ve in Ludhiana

Tribune News Service
Ludhiana, February 12

Thirtynine persons tested positive for Covid while three patients lost their lives to the virus today. Now, the total positive cases in the district have reached 26,253 while 1,012 have lost their lives so far.

At present, there are 340 active cases while 61 persons were home quarantined today.

Those who lost their lives today were a 80-year-old man, a 66-year-old man and a 58-year-old woman. The deceased had a comorbidity of seizure, diabetes, hypertension, heart and kidney diseases.

Till now, 6,26,928 samples have been collected and reports of 1,945 are pending.

Civil Surgeon Sukhjeevan Kakkar said it was the duty of people to follow all safety guidelines of Covid-19. But as the time was passing, people were becoming more careless and lenient about the same.

Deputy Commissioner Varinder Kumar Sharma appealed to residents to adhere to all safety protocols such as wearing masks, maintaining social distancing and washing hands frequently.