4 test +ve in Ludhiana district

Ludhiana, August 17

Four persons tested positive for Covid, while no death due to the disease was reported from the district today. The recovery rate of Covid-19 patients has reached 97.49 per cent.

640 jabbed on 2nd day of vax drive

Doraha: A total of 640 beneficiaries were vaccinated on the second day of the free vaccination drive conducted by Guru Nanak National College, Doraha, in collaboration with CII Foundation and medical partners SPS Hospital, Ludhiana. Around 400 beneficiaries were vaccinated on the first day of the camp at Ghulal village yesterday.

Now there are 97 active patients in the district at present. A total of six patients — four from Ludhiana and two from other states/districts —tested positive in the last 24 hours.

A total of 21,56,113 samples were taken, out of which 20,57,037 have been found negative. Now the total number of patients belonging to Ludhiana is 87,431, while 11,645 patients belong to other districts/states.

The total number of persons who lost their lives to the disease is 2,095 from Ludhiana and 1,048 from other districts. “Samples of 10,847 suspected patients were sent for testing today and their results are expected shortly,” said Deputy Commissioner Varinder Kumar Sharma. — TNS

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