52-year-old man dies, 40 fresh cases in Ludhiana district

Ludhiana, January 2

Forty persons, including three healthcare workers and two international travellers from the USA and Australia, tested positive for Covid in the district. One patient, a 52-year-old man from Lohara, lost his life to the disease.

The recovery rate of Covid-19 patients has now gone down to 97.43 per cent and active cases have now gone up to 144. Yesterday there were 110 active cases in the district. In addition to this, 144 patients were asked to undergo home isolation today.

Till date, a total of 30,12,625 samples for Covid test have been taken, of which 29,12,954 were found negative. The total number of patients belonging to Ludhiana is 87,885, while 11,786 patients belong to other districts/states. The total number of patients who lost their lives to Covid here is 2,118 from Ludhiana and 1,061 from other districts. — TNS

Join Whatsapp Channel of The Tribune for latest updates.