Covid-19: 5 test positive in two days in Ludhiana

Tribune News Service

Ludhiana, August 16

Five persons tested positive for Covid in the district in two days. Yesterday two and today three persons tested positive, while no death was reported in the district on both days.

Recovery rate of Covid-19 patients has reached at 97.49 per cent. Till now 85,232 patients have recovered so far.

Till date 21,45,266 samples have been taken. As many as 20,46,196 samples were found negative.

The total number of patients belonging to Ludhiana district so far is 87,427, while 11,643 patients belong to other districts/states.

The total number of persons who lost their lives is 2,095 from Ludhiana district and 1,048 from other districts.

Samples of 8,150 suspected patients were sent for testing today and their results are expected shortly.

Today only two Covid patients were admitted to hospitals and one patient from other district was on ventilator support. As many as 95 patients were home isolated.

400 vaccinated at Ghulal village

• A total of 400 persons were vaccinated during the first day of the free vaccination drive conducted by Guru Nanak National College, Doraha, in collaboration with the CII Foundation and medical partners SPS Hospital, Ludhiana, at Ghulal village on Monday.
• Samrala SDM Vikramjeet Singh Pandhey inaugurated the camp. Samrala Tehsildar Navdeep Goyal accompanied the SDM. OC

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