14 students, 7 teachers among 226 fresh cases in Ludhiana district

Tribune News Service

Ludhiana, March 15

The number of people testing positive for Covid is increasing with each passing day. Today, 226 persons tested positive while four lost their lives to the virus. The total number of positive cases from Ludhiana district has reached 29,059 while 1,054 persons from the district have succumbed to the virus so far.

Today’s positive cases include seven teachers and 14 students. The teachers who tested positive include one from the GHS, Shahpur Road, two from GMT Public School, Jalandhar Bypass, a teacher from Greenland Senior Secondary Public School, Jalandhar bypass, a teacher from Guru Nanak International Public School, Gujarkhan Campus, one teacher from DPS and another teacher from the BCM, Shastri Nagar.

The students who tested positive today include one from the GSSS, Nurpur Bet, six students from the GSSS, Sanhewal, three students from the GHS, Khadur, a student from the GSSS, Badowal, a student from Lord Mahavir Homeo College, a student from Om Public School, Karabara Basti, and another student from the GSSS, Badowal.

Four patients who lost their lives today were two women and two men belonging to Malak Jagraon village, Ranguwal village, Basti Jodhewal and Gurpal Nagar. They were aged between 52-73 years.

Till date, a total of 7,22,492 samples have been taken, of which reports of 7,22,212 have been received. Of these, 6,88,539 samples were found negative while reports of 280 were pending. So far, 60,574 persons had been kept under home quarantine in the district and at present, the number of such persons is 3,009. Today, 224 persons were sent for home quarantine. Today, 2,835 samples of suspected patients were sent for testing and their results are expected shortly.

Deputy Commissioner Varinder Kumar Sharma has urged people to be careful as the pandemic was not over yet. Hence, they have to strictly follow the Covid safety precautions.

He appealed people to not to lower their guard at any cost and help the administration in the battle against the invisible enemy.

Scribes, bank staff to get vaccination from today

Meanwhile, further expanding the Covid vaccination ambit, the Deputy Commissioner on Monday took a major decision in the public interest to ensure the safety of the wider population from the pandemic by allowing vaccination for journalists, employees of all government/private banks, government/private schools, food grain agencies, judicial officers/court staff/advocates and members of non-government organisations (NGOs), who have worked to check the spread of the pandemic by registering them as frontline workers. They can get the vaccination from tomorrow.

The move comes after the Deputy Commissioner presided over a meeting of the District Task Force to stem steep rise by accelerating the vaccination drive to face the pandemic in full blast.

He said for vaccination, they need to carry the official ID and Aadhaar card and could get Covid jab at session sites set up in the government and private hospitals.

The DC directed the Health Department to further step up the vaccination drive to ensure all eligible could be covered and have easy access to vaccine.

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