2 fatalities; 329 +ve in Ludhiana

Tribune News Service
Ludhiana, March 20

The graph of positive cases is once again heading north and today 329 persons tested positive for Covid, while two lost their lives due to the virus.

The total positive cases have now reached 30,395, while 1,075 people have lost their life to the virus.

Those who tested positive today included a healthcare worker, two pre-operative cases, a school staff member, three teachers and 11 students.

The teachers who tested positive today belong to the GSSS Bharat Nagar, DPS Public School, and the GHS, Kalsan. Five students from the CMC Nursing College and Hospital, two from the GHS, Salem Tabri, two from the GSSS, Basti Jodhewal, one from the GPS Subzi Mandi, one from the DPS and a school staff member from the GHS, Raipur.

The two persons who lost their life today belonged to Bhikhi village and Hambran village. Both patients were male, aged 45 and 50, respectively.

The total active cases now have reached 1,765, while 365 people were home quarantined. Today, 15 patients were on ventilator support, out of whom six belong to Ludhiana district, while the remaining nine belong to different districts.

Till now, 7,42,158 samples have been collected since the spread of the virus and today 4,195 samples were collected from the district. The reports of 423 samples are awaited.

Civil Surgeon, Dr Sukhjeevan Kakkar, said whatever the government was telling to do the people, such as putting on masks, washing hands and maintaining adequate social distance, was for everyone’s benefit and safety.