Covid: 17 dead, 411 test positive in Ludhiana

Tribune News Service

Ludhiana, May 27

As many as 411 persons tested positive for Covid, while 17 lost their lives to the virus today.

Ten expectant mothers, healthcare worker and two cops tested positive, while 92 patients are still untraceable. The total number of patients belonging to Ludhiana till now is 82,835, while 1,945 patients have lost their lives so far.

Ten men and seven women lost their lives in district. The deceased belong to Tajpur Road, Daba Road, Ambedkar Nagar, Gill village, Shimlapuri, Issru village, Himayunpura village, Basant Avenue, Shivaji Nagar, Jamalpur, Hazoori Bagh Colony, Mundian Khurd, Tajpur Road, Rara Sahib, Dashmesh Nagar, Atal Nagar and Shimlapuri.

As many as 770 patients were admitted to various government and private hospitals and 52 patients were on the ventilator support. There are 6,189 active patients in the district at present.

According to the Health Department, till date, total 13,14,626 samples have been taken, out of which reports of 13,14,198 samples have been received. As many as 12,20,593 samples were found negative, while reports of 428 samples are pending.

With the second wave of Covid going strong in rural areas, special efforts are being made by the Health Department to create awareness among the rural masses.

Senior Medical Officer of Sudhar Dr Harpreet Singh along with his team is visiting various villages to make villagers aware of the precautions and symptoms of Covid and also motivating them to get vaccinated.

Dr Harpreet Singh said 67 villages come under him and they are taking help of the panchayat of each village. Due to this Sudhar has achieved a record number of vaccinations.

“Villagers are frightened of getting Covid test done and I and my team are motivating villagers to go for Covid test. We apprised the sarpanches of the importance of early detection and vaccination for the control of Covid,” said Dr Harpreet.

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