16 test positive for Covid in Ludhiana

Tribune News Service

Ludhiana, July 13

Today 16 persons tested positive for Covid, while no death was reported in the district. There were 162 active patients in the district. The recovery rate of Covid-19 patients now is 97.42 per cent.

A total of 19 patients — 16 from Ludhiana district and three from other states/districts — tested positive in the last 24 hours. Today 23 patients were admitted to various hospitals in the district.

Till date, a total of 18,42,295 samples have been taken, out of which reports of 18,42,295 samples have been received. As many as 17,43,544 samples were found negative.

The total number of patients belonging to Ludhiana is 87,185, while 11,566 patients belong to other districts/states. The total number of persons who lost their lives is 2,090 from Ludhiana and 1,044 from other districts.

Deputy Commissioner Varinder Sharma the samples of 9,737 suspected Covid patients were sent for testing today and their results are expected shortly.

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